On Sept. 25., the Department of Theatre’s New Play Reading Series presented “Made in USA with Imported Materials,” a play written and directed by Kinjal…
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Tiana Clark’s “Scorched Earth” Selected as Finalist for the National Book Award
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When Tiana Clark wrote “The First Black Bachelorette” in 2016, she knew she had created something special. The long poem exploring the speaker’s concept of…
About a decade ago or so, it was made effectively illegal to be a white guy with a guitar and a feeling, to smoke American…
This article was originally published in the October 2025 print edition. Guillermo del Toro’s newest undertaking “Frankenstein” is a mostly-faithful, frequently heavy-handed, but successfully heartwarming…
The Sophian interviewed Allegra Hyde, Assistant Professor of English Language & Literature at Smith, about her short story “Endangered.” Originally published in American Short Fiction…
On Sept. 1, swarms of mosquitoes and flocks of gingham-clad indieheads made their way to the secluded Pines Theater at Look Park to see the…
On Thursday, April 10, a 27-foot truck rolled up outside of John M. Greene Hall with an emphatic statement plastered across its flank: “YOUR BODY…
In 2022, University of Massachusetts professor and filmmaker Kate Way had just finished teaching her course on the politics of K-12 education, which included a…
This article was originally published in the April 2025 Print Issue of The Sophian. On Tuesday, April 8, the Smith College Grace Hazard Conkling Writer-in-Residence…
When I walked into the Hallie Flanagan Studio Theater to an announcement cheerily telling me to “Enjoy Scissoring,” I didn’t quite know what to expect.…