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Open Book: A New Nuclear Age
Harvard historian Serhii Plokhy’s latest book looks at the rising danger of a new arms race.
Excerpt from “Transaction Man” by Nicholas Lemann
“The rise of the deal and the decline of the American dream”
Excerpt from “The Soul of Care” by Arthur Kleinman
A medical anthropologist cares for his Alzheimer’s-stricken wife.
Choreographer Wendy Jehlen’s “dance diplomacy”
Choreographer Wendy Jehlen’s “dance diplomacy”
Excerpt from Suzanne Preston Blier, “Picasso’s ‘Demoiselles’”
A Harvard scholar presents the “untold origins of a modern masterpiece.”
Pink Martini bandleader Thomas Lauderdale brings people together
Pink Martini bandleader Thomas Lauderdale is at his best bringing people together.
by Jacob Sweet
Recent books with Harvard connections
Recent books with Harvard connections
Edward S. Steinfeld reviews Ezra Vogel’s “China and Japan: Facing History”
The parallel, perilous, histories of China and Japan
Chapter and verse quotation-citation correspondence site
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Jocelyn and Chris Arndt became weekend rock stars at Harvard
For two Harvard siblings, studying and songwriting went hand in hand.
by Jacob Sweet
Excerpt from “Furious Hours,” by Casey Cep
Casey Cep’s debut book, on a murder trial and Harper Lee