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WINTER 2020
Four worthy reads
The rain in Spain
makes a great story 7
Welcome back,
1920s and 1970s 1 0
New class of
galaxies identified 1 5
Would you kill Hitler? 4 8
Departments
1 Up Front
7 Prairie
4 1 Class Notes
4 8 TCNJx10
2 0
T R U T H B E B O L D
We brought social critic Roxane Gay
together with faculty-authors
Juda Bennett, Winnifred Brown-Glaude,
Cassandra Jackson, and Piper Kendrix
Williams, who bare their souls to bring
Toni Morrison's work closer to you.
Photography
This page: Peter Murphy;
Roxane Gay photo by Reginald Cunningham
Facing page: Bill Cardoni
Cover
Illustration: Tim Marrs
Photos: Lauren H. Adams
L to R: Winnifred Brown-Glaude, Cassandra
Jackson, Juda Bennett, Piper Kendrix Williams
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o h , b oy !
Delish pizzas and award-winning beers.
How talented alumni turned their
passions into craft industries.
By Emily Nunn and Christopher Hann
2 8
B R I G H T I D E A
What do firefly flashes, patterns
in spaghetti, and wobbly tables
have in common?
Math, says Matt Mizuhara.
By Liz Leyden
Roxane Gay