Veronica Mittnacht

Captivating Storytellers Gather Like Moths to a Flame

What is it about storytelling that’s so compelling to us? Is it a kind of voyeurism—a fixation with the exposed vulnerability of total strangers?

Skarmeta Offers Wisdom at Hispanic New York Class

“The key to my success was informality,” Chilean writer and Columbia alumnus Antonio Skármeta told the undergraduate Hispanic New York class last Thursday.

Finding Things in Common at the Veritas Forum

The apprehension in Roone Arledge before the Veritas Forum began was plain.