The year 1983 was a crossroads for Amherst College following the sudden and tragic death of president Julian H. Gibbs (Class of 1947). Professor G. Armour Craig, also an Amherst graduate, was named ...

While serving as president of Amherst College, Peter Pouncey wrote scores of pages he later trimmed down to his only novel. In “Rules for Old Men Waiting,” the protagonist and his Cape Cod cottage ...