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Music, Taken Personally

A music critic reviews composer John Adams’s memoir.

Life and Cupcakes

Jessi Walter has fun on the job.

by Krysten A. Keches

Readers respond to the March-April 2009 issue

Letters from our readers

Plugged In

Charlene Li urges businesses to embrace social technologies.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Humanities Rebooted

Curricular revisions for English and the classics

by Christian Flow

Borowitz Reports--Topical and Timeless

Two recent bulletins from "The Borowitz Report"

Finish and Fit

As construction cools, renovation ramps up.

"Dissing Evolution"

Energy is the key to understanding human evolution—and to saving ourselves and our planet, says Daniel Lieberman.

by Elizabeth Gudrais

Warrior Artists

Lakota drawings inspire a dramatic exhibition.

by Christopher Reed

Parenting, Redux

Junior Parents’ Weekend brings The Undergraduate a new perspective on the future.

by Christian Flow

Chapter & Verse

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

"You Haven't Changed a Bit"

Why people worry about reunions

by Ellen Gordon Reeves