The Short Side of Paradise is an account of the 25 years Natalie Beaumont spent in Santa Barbara, CA, a seemingly wealthy community in which the cost of living and the high cost of housing cause many people to struggle financially.

The debut recording by the jazz drummer Steve Johns is aptly titled “Family”, as the impetus came from the realization that his son, Daryl Johns ’14, would be leaving home soon.

For four decades, Peter Balakian’s poetry has received critical acclaim in the United States and abroad for its inventive language and its forays into history. “Ozone Journal” is the most accomplished book of a distinctive American voice.

In “Vise and Shadow”, the critically acclaimed poet and memoirist Peter Balakian ESB ’69 brings together his most influential essays of the past 25 years.

“Nashville country gets tangled up with NJ, NYC, and Brooklyn sensibilities and neuroses, taking the music in strange new directions,” says Klass about her music style.