Fall 2023 | Pomona College Pomona College Magazine

The Cultural Roots of Boba

Kyla Wazana Tompkins, Pomona College professor of English and gender and women’s studies, won a coveted James Beard Media Award this year for “On Boba,” her essay for the LARB Quarterly of the Los Angeles Review of Books about those smooth pearls of tapioca and sugar at the bottom of concoctions of tea, milk or juice. Read More

100 Years Ago: The Sagehens vs. the Trojans in the L.A. Coliseum

by Staff

On October 6, 1923, Pomona played USC in the first varsity college football game ever played on the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. This year, the Coliseum is marking its centennial. Read More

A Lens on Tangled Times

by Paola Boivin.

In his latest book, Stephen Marc Smith ’76—a street photographer and digital montage artist who works under the name Stephen Marc—documents our complicated era in American history. Read More

Pomoniana

All the fun stuff from campus: Pomona College tidbits, traditions, lore and more.

Bookshelf

Sagehens publish prolifically. The latest books from Pomona alumni and faculty.

Culture

From sculptors to screenwriters, creative Sagehens get the spotlight.

At Last, the Glee Club Goes Abroad Again