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Stories: Essays

1. 

   Tales Out of School . . . College Road Trips

   Readers

   Summer 2026

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2. 

   Overbooked

   Brigid Iannelli

   Summer 2026

3. 

   Will We Ever Learn?

   Paul Blaschko ’18 Ph.D.

   Summer 2026

4. 

   My Short Cut Home

   Erin Buckley ’08

   Summer 2026

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5. 

   The Heart’s Contents

   Jason Kelly ’95

   Summer 2026

6. 

   What Gives?

   Jason Kelly ’95

   Summer 2026

7. 

   No Substitute

   Barbara J. Mangione ’89 M.A.

   Summer 2026

8. 

   The Course of Their Lives

   Jason Kelly ’95

   Summer 2026

9. 

   Aching for the Ethereal Light

   Bruce Lawrie

   Summer 2026

10. 

    Bound for College

    Mel Livatino

    Summer 2026

11. 

    What I’m Reading: The Professor’s House, Willa Cather

    Carla Galdo

    June 23, 2026

12. 

    What I’m Reading: D-Day, Stephen Ambrose

    George Spencer

    June 06, 2026

13. 

    Beyond Words

    Tom Montgomery Fate

    Summer 2026

14. 

    14th Annual Young Alumni Essay Contest

    Notre Dame Magazine

    May 19, 2026

15. 

    Harvesting Spring

    Sean Cuneo ’12

    May 18, 2026

16. 

    What I’m Reading: The Rats of Montsouris, Léo Malet

    Thomas O’Grady ’85Ph.D.

    April 28, 2026

17. 

    As He Saw It

    Katie Conboy ’86Ph.D.

    April 20, 2026

18. 

    What I’m Reading: Beartown, Fredrik Backman

    Brigid Iannelli

    April 14, 2026

19. 

    A Patient Listener

    Erin Buckley ’08

    Spring 2026

20. 

    The Revolution in Question

    Katlyn Marie Carter

    Spring 2026

21. 

    The Hole in the Sky

    Brian McMahon ’68

    Spring 2026

22. 

    Carrying a Torch

    John Nagy ’00M.A.

    Spring 2026

23. 

    Church and State

    Richard W. Garnett

    Spring 2026

24. 

    Creative Freedom

    Eugene Halton

    Spring 2026

25. 

    Changing the Equation

    Abigail Pesta '91

    Spring 2026

26. 

    The Only Thing

    Jason Kelly ’95

    Spring 2026

27. 

    The Western Canon

    Kerry Temple ’74

    Spring 2026

28. 

    The Mischiefs of Faction

    Robert Schmuhl ’70

    Spring 2026

29. 

    Side-Eyeing My E-Reader

    David McGrath

    Spring 2026

30. 

    Notre Dame’s Service to the Nation

    Notre Dame Magazine

    Spring 2026