Montage
On the Margins
Filmmaker John Armstrong’s “outdoor adventures” find the human spirit.
by Lydialyle Gibson
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
Critique and Joy
Kevin Young’s anthology of African American poetry, from Phillis Wheatley to hip hop
by Elisa New
A Landscape Architect's Outdoor Artwork
Todd Gilens brings wilderness into urban public art.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Open Book: Hiding in a Tick Mattress
Wilfred Rembert’s escape from a lynching
A Beloved Bengali Poet in Translation
A new book presents a mother and daughter’s final collaboration
by Lydialyle Gibson
Chapter & Verse: Who wrote...?
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
The "King of Palindromes"
Mark Saltveit and the art of the palindrome
by Nancy Walecki
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
Putting the Music in Musical Theater
Composer Zoe Sarnak’s warm-hearted songs
by Lydialyle Gibson