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Beyond the SAT
Nicholas Lemann on revising standardized testing to address real educational needs
“Volts of Your Own Spirit”
Seamus Heaney writes to Helen Vendler.
Cultivating Friendships with Trees
A monumental new guide to North American species
by Jonathan Shaw
Off the Shelf
Democratic organizing, “architectural grafting,” the Constitution, offshore wealth, and other new books
From Law Books to Cookbooks
Nisha Vora’s vegan journey
by Claire Zulkey
Bringing the Magic
The reality-based fantasies of novelist Tomi Adeyemi
by Lydialyle Gibson
A Democratic Landscape
Michael Van Valkenburgh and the making of Brooklyn Bridge Park
Off the Shelf
Painting with Monet, birding with Thoreau, and other recent books
A Leading en Plein Air Painter
Kathleen B Hudson ’09 captures the essence of the outdoors, from the Rocky Mountains to the beaches of Maui.
by Brandon Rosas
Part of the Ensemble
Broadway music director Madeline Benson on art and collaboration
by Lydialyle Gibson
On Being “Printerly”
An art historian analyzes an overlooked medium.
by Murray Whyte