Letters from the Corporation of Brown University

Lives of Usefulness and Reputation, 1764 - 2023

Lauren Zalaznick

Letters from the Corporation of Brown University

Lives of Usefulness and Reputation, 1764 - 2023

Lauren Zalaznick

A goldmine of historical insight.

Kirkus Reviews

A profound and captivating chronicle of American higher education seen through the eyes of those at its helm . . . it’s a must-read.

— Xochitl Gonzalez, New York Times bestselling author of Olga Dies Dreaming and Anita de Monte Laughs Last

It’s moving to see all these civic-minded people—so many of them people who’d felt like outsiders when they arrived as students—joining together in common cause. What a powerful experience they all seemed to have had! 

— Ira Glass, Host and Executive Producer of This American Life

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