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Must-Read Harvard Books Winter 2025
From aphorisms to art heists to democracy’s necessary conditions
Excerpt from Anne Harrington’s “Mind Fixers”
A history of psychiatry’s troubled search for the biology of mental illness
Chapter and verse quotation-citation correspondence site
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
“Veep” showrunner David Mandel: a profile
Showrunner David Mandel guides the final season of Veep—and finds himself politicized.
Mark Dery on Edward Gorey, reviewed by Spencer Lee Lenfield
An idiosyncratic new biography of Edward Gorey
Recent books with Harvard connections
Recent books with Harvard connections
Chapter and verse quotation-citation correspondence site
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
“Binstead’s Safari” and the continuing appeal of novelist Rachel Ingalls
The continuing appeal of novelist Rachel Ingalls
by Olivia Munk
Excerpt from “When Your Child Is Sick,” by Joanna Breyer
Navigating the challenges of caring for a child who is very ill
Paolo Pasco and the art of making crosswords
Paolo Pasco and the art of making crosswords
by Oset Babür
Excerpt from “How Art Works: A Psychological Exploration”
Unpacking “what art does to us”