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Open Book: A New Nuclear Age
Harvard historian Serhii Plokhy’s latest book looks at the rising danger of a new arms race.
Robert Coles and Atul Gawande on William Carlos Williams
Two Harvard doctors on William Carlos Williams
Shane McCrae: the poet and his work
The propulsive intensity of Shane McCrae’s poetry
Excerpt from “Scale & the Incas”
Questions about how societies conceptualize, perceive, and interpret scale.
Recent books with Harvard connections
Recent books with Harvard connections
Philip Johnson biography by Mark Lamster reviewed by Spencer Lee Lenfield
A “star-chitect” as P.T. Barnum
Chapter and verse quotation-citation correspondence site
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Opera director Sarah Meyers, profiled by Jennifer Gersten
Opera director Sarah Meyers doesn’t want you to notice everything.
From academia to art: profile of Nell Painter
Nell Painter reflects on leaving the ivory tower for art school at age 64.
Excerpt from “Not Quite Not White” by Sharmila Sen
A “first-gen” American explores race and assimilation in the United States.
“The Black Clown” by Langston Hughes is set to music
An oratorio adapted from Langston Hughes