Montage

Book cover of "Black Moses" by Caleb Gayle with subtitle about ambition and the fight for a Black state.

Civil Rights in the American West

A new book chronicles one man’s quest for a Black state.

Illustration of students and challenges in college today

Aiming for Excellence

New books by Harvard experts on college preparation, rankings, student experiences, and institutional strategies

by John S. Rosenberg

An Acrobat Takes Flight

Anna Soltys Morse and the art of hand-to-hand flying

by Lydialyle Gibson

Photograph of pioneering Wexner Center for the Arts

Architectural Upheaval

A comprehensive examination of avant-garde architecture

As a singer and songwriter, Claudia García performs mariachi-inspired Latin fusion music.

Mexican Soul

How Claudia García got “mariachi fever”

by Lydialyle Gibson

Off the Shelf

Recent books with Harvard connections

British soldiers and local police searching homes to interrogate subjects during Mau May rebellion, c. 1954

Realities of Empire

A new history indicts the British imperium.

Illustration depicting social fissures during pandemic by tearing of the U.S. Constitution

The Broken Social Contract

Danielle Allen on America’s broken social contract

Bradley Scott Davis standing in front of a wall of frog paintings

A Wildlife Painter's Fantastic Beasts

Bradley Scott Davis's conservation-minded artwork

by Lydialyle Gibson

Photograph of the Lincoln Memorial

Open Book

Michael Ignatieff on Abraham Lincoln on solace

Woodblock print based on The Tale of Genji

Off the Shelf

Recent books with Harvard connections