CLASS OF 1988 | 2024 | SUMMER ISSUE
Peter writes for this issue.
Rich Silverman advises, “Three years back in NYC and two years at Corcoran. Love being in the city and try to take advantage of all that it has to offer—member hours at the MOMA, book talks at Hunter and the Apollo, hole-in-the-wall restaurants in Chinatown, and walks in Central Park. Tonight, I’m going to see Phil Rosenthal at the Beacon.”
Rob Wrubel writes in, “My daughter, Annie, will attend Wes starting this fall, and she’s excited to be heading to Middletown. We live in Colorado Springs, far from Middletown, and I look forward to visiting the campus this fall.”
Reid Cramer shares, “I’ve co-produced a record of music with Smithsonian Folkways featuring the singing of Sonya Cohen Cramer, who started Wesleyan in the Class of 1987 but marched with the Class of 1988. The record is called You’ve Been a Friend to Me and is a collection of beautifully sung folk songs, traditional ballads, and original music that reflect the full arc of Sonya’s musical life. Sonya was an amazing woman, who passed away in 2015, and it was exhilarating to be her partner. She had a beautiful voice and remarkable spirit. Growing up in a musical family, she was exposed to many kinds of folk and traditional music, but her time at Wesleyan, and especially her study of Carnatic singing with T. Viswanathan, sparked a lifelong engagement with singing as a craft and a practice. Along with a stellar group of people, she helped form the Wesleyan Women’s Singer/Songwriter Collective, which produced a captivating cassette of music, songs, and poems called SPIN.”
Stephen Morison updates, “I’m very excited to be joining The American School of Marrakesh community next year. I will be the new head of school. This is a homecoming of sorts. Emily and I began our international teaching careers in Tangier in 1997. Since then, we have taught all over the world but have returned frequently to Morocco to visit family and friends.”
Steven Zubkoff writes, “Jana Craston ’87 and I went to Canada to watch the eclipse at the lake cottage and we spent the rest of our time in Hanover, New Hampshire, and Norwich, Vermont. Hoping to go visit Stu and Susan (’90) Ellman in a few weeks.”
Bob Garcia reports, “Happy to share my first kids’ book, Aim High, Little Giant, Aim High!, was picked up for distribution by Haymarket. The first title I ever authored, Where’d You Get Those? New York City’s Sneaker Culture: 1960–1987 (Testify, 2003), is celebrating its 20th anniversary of publication with a special edition; and my next project is a memoir tentatively titled Bobbito’s Book of B-ball Bong Bong, which Akashic, founded by Johnny Temple, will release in 2025! I’ve also opened an online bookshop: https://bookshop.org/shop/koolboblove. Very pleased to make strides in literature considering how horribly I did in that subject while on campus, ba haaa!”