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Adam Kirsch reviews Lawrence Buell on the Great American Novel

A literary critic on the Great American Novel

by Adam Kirsch

Class notes and obituaries for January-February 2014

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First discovered in the 1880s, the Midway-Sunset oil field near Taft, California, remains in production today.

HKS Professor Joseph Aldy examines the true costs of fossil fuel subsidies.

Joseph Aldy examines the true costs of fossil fuel subsidies.

by Laura Levis

Illustration by William Rieser

Why one undergraduate transferred to Harvard

Why one undergraduate transferred to Harvard

by Noah B. Pisner

Daw Than Than Sein, U Win Hlaing, and daughter Win Win Thu at their home in the Ayeyarwaddy River Delta village of Wakouktaw; Proximity Designs’ irrigation equipment has helped them expand their farm and boost their income significantly.

Harvard social enterprise, policy reform in Myanmar

From supporting farmers to probing policy, Harvard people help Myanmar remake its future.

by John S. Rosenberg

Photograph courtesy of Nuestra Comunidad Development Corporation

David Price leads community development in Boston's low-income neighborhoods

Boston's Dudley Square is a focus of nonprofit community development often led by David Price, executive director of Nuestra Comunidad

by Nell Porter-Brown

Poet and physician Rafael Campo relaxes at home with a book.

Alterrnative Medicine, poetry book by physician Rafael Campo

Rafael Campo, M.D., straddles medicine and metonymy.

by Stephen Burt

Anita Elberse, backed by a picture of basketball superstar LeBron James, an important figure in her book <i>Blockbusters</i>

Anita Elberse on the big business of blockbusters

In entertainment, big bets on likely winners rule.

by Craig Lambert

Get involved with citizen-science projects from astronomy to zoology

Get involved with citizen-science projects from astronomy to zoology.

President Drew Faust

Drew Faust on "Where Is Harvard?”

A letter from President Faust

Headlines from Harvard history, January-February 1924-1989

From the pages of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine

Claudia Bedrick displays one of Enchanted Lion’s books.

Claudia Bedrick of Enchanted Lion Books for children

Claudia Bedrick ’85 of Enchanted Lion Books offers an international array of stories to young children.

by Kristen Strezo