Any favorite alumnae?

ch0c0lat3
Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:22:09 +0000

It might sound kind of silly, but I was wondering if any of you had any favorite Barnard alumnae?

Of course I’m a big fan of Lauren Graham and Martha Stewart.

I LOVED The Glass Castle and There Eyes Were Watching God (by Jeannette Walls and Zora Neale Hurtson), even before I knew about Barnard. I hope to read Walls’s sequel over Winter Break.

I really want to read The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri (and eventually her short story collection that won the pulitzer prize). Have any of you read any other alumnae books that you recommend?

Ok so, she’s not exactly an alumna, but I totally ADORE Debora Spar. One of her speeches is the reason I decided to apply ED (instead of RD) to Barnard. She really sealed the deal for me and made me feel that I belong at Barnard.

What excites me more than alumnae about (hopefully) attending Barnard is the literally awesome women I will meet there. I might be attend school with the next Hurston or Walls or Stewart!