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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.
Experimental Magic
Jazz composer Phillip Golub and the art of making magic
Damage and Repair
Textile artist Celia Pym knits meaning into mended clothes.
Professor Steven Pinker on Thinking Straight
An excerpt from the preface of Pinker’s 2022 book Rationality
From Punk to the Silver Screen
The ingenious, intuitive film scores of Carter Burwell ’77
War, Misremembered
Elizabeth Samet, of West Point, reinterprets the American understanding of World War II.
Border Crossing
Author Rudy Ruiz carries on his Mexican-American family’s storytelling tradition.
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Recent books with Harvard connections
A Democracy of Opportunity
Liberals must learn from conservatives how to interpret the Constitution in all its dimensions.
How Myth and Memoir Intertwine
Elisabeth Sharp McKetta ’01 finds truth in the border between fact and fiction.
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Recent books with Harvard connections