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The Year a Beat Poet Squatted at Harvard
In 1954, Gregory Corso moved into Eliot House. How he stayed there is a literary legend.
Brief life of Federalist politician Caleb Strong, by Richard D. Brown
Brief life of an exemplary politician: 1745-1819
How the Dark Room Collective sparked "total life" in literature
How the Dark Room Collective made space for a generation of African-American writers
Jacqueline Bhabha critiques the world's response to migration crises
Harvard human-rights expert Jacqueline Bhabha critiques the inadequate response to the world’s migration crises.
Brief life of formidable anthropologist Cora Du Bois, by Susan C. Seymour
Brief life of a formidable anthropologist: 1903-1991
Judge Richard Posner, profiled by Lincoln Caplan
The double life of Richard Posner, America’s most contentious legal reformer
James O’Connell of HMS and Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program
James O’Connell has spent 30 years caring for the homeless.
Daniel Aaron is profiled by Christoph Irmscher
Now in his second century, the uncommon Daniel Aaron remains at work.
Brief life of scientific sleuth Joseph T. Walker, by Thomas W. Walker
Brief life of a scientific sleuth: 1908-1952
Joseph Koerner on the significance of Max Beckmann's "Self-Portrait in Tuxedo"
Max Beckmann’s Self-Portrait in Tuxedo
Tim Murphy is Harvard’s greatest football coach
Harvard’s greatest football coach—and one of the best anywhere