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Black and white photo of a large mushroom cloud rising above the horizon.

Open Book: A New Nuclear Age

Harvard historian Serhii Plokhy’s latest book looks at the rising danger of a new arms race.

A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

Photograph of cornflake chocolate chip marshmallow cookie from the book “Science and Cooking”

Recent books with Harvard connections

Recent books with Harvard connections

An illustration of social capital, the subject of the book being reviewed, in the form of an individual versus a group working together

Review of new Putnam and Garrett book, “The Upswing,” by Idrees Kahloon

In search of optimism, a sweeping interpretation of American social history

by Idrees Kahloon

Photograph of students in caps and gowns graduating from college

Excerpt from “Higher Education,” by Derek Bok

Derek Bok on curriculum reform

Headshot photograph of Ian K. Smith

Profile of novelist and TV doctor Ian K. Smith

Ian K. Smith’s turn toward detective fiction

by Lydialyle Gibson

A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words

A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words

Megha Majumdar

Megha Majumdar's debut novel, “A Burning,” tackles inequality and violence

The Harvard graduate, who grew up in Kolkata, mines the India of her childhood for a tale with modern resonance.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Illustration about meritocracy: one mother penguin and chick wear college mortarboards, while another mother penguin and her chick don’t.

Michael Sandel’s “The Tyranny of Merit” reviewed by Spencer Lenfield

Michael Sandel makes the case against meritocracy.

by Spencer Lee Lenfield

Photograph of Richard Wagner

Recent books with Harvard connections

Recent books with Harvard connections

Adriana Colón, a casually dressed, smiling young woman with curly brown hair, sits in a doorway.

Profile of voiceover actor Adriana Colón

Adriana Colón forges aural connections.

by Matteo Wong