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Emerson College’s only independent, student-run newspaper since 1947

The Berkeley Beacon

Emerson College’s only independent, student-run newspaper since 1947

The Berkeley Beacon

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Ottessa Moshfegh: On dark stories and boring art

By Ty Gavin, Beacon Correspondent / March 6, 2024
Novelist Ottessa Moshfegh faces criticism for using derogatory language in her novels and creating characters with detestable ideologies.
A photo of Carolyn Freyer-Jones '88.

Alum finishes and publishes late friend’s book

By Sophia Pargas / November 18, 2021

An Emerson alum released her debut book, What If This Is The Fun Part? for purchase on Amazon Wednesday. The book, originally started by the author’s...

The book cover of “I Am My Beloveds.”

WLP professor Jon Papernick’s newest novel set to release January 2022

By Rachel Hackam / October 7, 2021

A new novel by writing, literature, and publishing professor Jon Papernick follows a married couple as they navigate their polyamorous relationship and...

Emerson MFA student and professor set to release new novel about queer veterinarians.

Graduate student uses queer narratives to retell Robin Hood in new novel

May 30, 2020

Anna Burke, first year MFA student and professor at Emerson, was surrounded by feminist fairy tales like Beauty and the Beast when growing up in the late...

Charlesgate Confidential will be released on Sept. 18. Photo courtesy of Scott Von Doviak.

Beacon alum draws up art heist mystery

By Ally Rzesa / April 4, 2018

On March 17, 1990, art thieves slashed 13 paintings from the walls of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Although the paintings were never recovered,...