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On the Margins
Filmmaker John Armstrong’s “outdoor adventures” find the human spirit.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Thinking Straight
Steven Pinker on rationality
From Punk to the Silver Screen
The ingenious, intuitive film scores of Carter Burwell ’77
by Nicolas Rapold
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.
by Nancy Walecki
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
A Democracy of Opportunity
Liberals must learn from conservatives how to interpret the Constitution in all its dimensions.
by Lincoln Caplan
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
Visual Music
The "blurred boundaries" of Sam Wu's compositions
by Nancy Walecki
Getting Close to the Past
A powerful public history of slavery in America
by Drew Gilpin Faust
The Art of the Portrait Painter
Jason Bouldin makes the intangible tangible.
by Lydialyle Gibson