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A Sense of Place
HUD Secretary Julián Castro and his congressman brother, Joaquín, have never forgotten where they came from—a series of homes on San Antonio’s West Side that provided an important ingredient for their success: hope.
Our Favorite Mobile Device
Invented by Stanford alumnus Wally Byam, ’21, the Airstream trailer has become a national symbol of adventure, style and individuality.
Writing Home
A novelist in Portugal relates how his experience as an expatriate and the immersive qualities of his work changed his perspective on the meaning of home.
Rethinking the Nest
Professors David Spiegel and Helen Blau struggled with the thought of tearing down their longtime home and building a new one, but were convinced by the vision of an advocate they could believe in—their architect son.
Fiction: The Birds in Your House
A teenage girl and her mother encounter a strange and wondrous event on the first night in their new house, in this fictional short story by former Stegner fellow Tom Kealey.
California Dreaming?
Priced out of California
A Midnight Ride
Up all night with the homeless
The Power of 'Hi'
Students seek shelter
Drawn Together
Draw mates rejoice
Living the Liberal Arts
The humanities get a house
Next-Door Neighbors
The Farm's animal habitats
American Homes 2.0
Houses, circa 2050
A New Kind of Martian
Life on Mars
Cozy Room, Great View
Above all, on the space station
Ammo for the House Hunt
Zillow's number crunchers
When the Earth Moves
No longer on shaky ground
Farm Report
Mythbusting America's West
The West, examined
Drama on the Green
Women's golf wins it all
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Class Notes
Farewells
Tuskegee Airman
Leslie A. Williams, '49, JD '74
"Simpsons" Creative Force
Samuel Michael "Sam" Simon, '77
Journalist and Humanitarian
John Siceloff, MA '82
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