Diane Brown
@dianeberrettbrown.bsky.social
Deputy director of Whitney Humanities Center at Yale. Films at the Whitney, Whitney Publishing Project. Books, poetry, democracy, dogs, supporting scholars and their work. Erstwhile dix-huitiémiste. Also: Utah adjacent.
We screened it at Yale this week, followed by a fantastic (and sobering) Q&A. Howard French, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Raoul Peck—it’s been a remarkable two weeks here!
October 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
We screened it at Yale this week, followed by a fantastic (and sobering) Q&A. Howard French, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Raoul Peck—it’s been a remarkable two weeks here!
We're all so grateful you made your way to New Haven! Apparently the persistent fly yesterday was grateful too! 🪰
September 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
We're all so grateful you made your way to New Haven! Apparently the persistent fly yesterday was grateful too! 🪰
One need not vacuum when fascists are about! But look at those advanced filing skills!
June 13, 2025 at 12:06 AM
One need not vacuum when fascists are about! But look at those advanced filing skills!
The first P. Everett novel I read was American Desert, and I want everyone to read this truly bonkers and wonderful novel that opens with a decapitated man sitting up at his own funeral. And then mayhem!
May 6, 2025 at 2:59 AM
The first P. Everett novel I read was American Desert, and I want everyone to read this truly bonkers and wonderful novel that opens with a decapitated man sitting up at his own funeral. And then mayhem!
Poster design Rick Rawlins/Work (Salem, MA).
April 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Poster design Rick Rawlins/Work (Salem, MA).
That purple gingham shirt was a fine investment! Happy birthday to a kid and his dad! 🫶
February 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
That purple gingham shirt was a fine investment! Happy birthday to a kid and his dad! 🫶
Heartfelt thanks for so many interviews, so many books (and their smart authors)!
January 6, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Heartfelt thanks for so many interviews, so many books (and their smart authors)!
I just watched this for the first time last week: I want Susan and Nick at every gathering, everywhere!
January 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I just watched this for the first time last week: I want Susan and Nick at every gathering, everywhere!
We will be screening it at Yale February 8: Films at the Whitney (all our screenings are free and open to all).
December 31, 2024 at 6:39 AM
We will be screening it at Yale February 8: Films at the Whitney (all our screenings are free and open to all).
David Gergen was right up there with Julia Childs for me as a Cambridge famous person I saw with odd frequency when I lived there in the 1990s. I have always admired him.
December 31, 2024 at 1:28 AM
David Gergen was right up there with Julia Childs for me as a Cambridge famous person I saw with odd frequency when I lived there in the 1990s. I have always admired him.