Shelf Life

Features

Natural Affinities

Reading George Stewart in Antarctica. By Kenneth Brower
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Poetic Gesture

A California crown for Lord Byron. By Aleta George
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Pressing Business

The University of California Press supports its mission of publishing good scholarship. By Tim Lesle
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An Independent Existence

Recalling Harriet Lane Levy’s unusual, eclectic life. By Jennifer Hattam
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Extraordinarily Ordinary

Beverly Cleary’s ordinary folk on Klickitat Street make magic for young readers. By Reyhan Harmanci
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Intellectual Action Hero

The political fictions of Eugene Burdick. By Chris Smith
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Lab + Field

No Laughing Matter

Berkeley’s hyenas may help unravel the mystery of language. By Anne Pinckard
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Foggy Future

A sharp drop in marine fog may threaten California’s state tree. By Robin Meadows
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Damage Control

Chile’s disaster tells experts what California is doing right — and wrong — to prepare for the next big one. By Lauren DiPerna
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Arts + Letters

Art Star

With the addition of the Fisher Collection, SF MOMA becomes a world destination. By Steven Winn
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Free Speech

An Ounce of Prevention

Sometimes the public health field is a victim of its own success. By David Tuller
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Far Flung

Central Asia’s Soviet Hangover

Stalin’s fading, but the ghost of Lenin lingers on. By Gail Bensinger
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The Play

Forgotten Sports Heroes of Cal

Archie Williams ’39, Walter Gordon ’18, J.D. ’22, and Helen Wills ’26
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Sather Gate

Bound to Sell

How two Berkeley bookstores fought, and still fight, for their values. By Ezra Carlsen
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License at the Margins

Jonathan Lethem talks about becoming a writer in Berkeley.
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Driving Change

The City Streets Project wants to change the way we design urban environments. By Nate Seltenrich
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Fast Learner

Cal grad student Carol Greider got started early making monumental discoveries in cell biology. By Robert Roper
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Out of the Gate

Tale of a Mid-Sixties Swim Babe

Twenty-eight years ago I took up swimming after I finally quit smoking for the last time. By Kate Coleman ’65
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