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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.
From academia to art: profile of Nell Painter
Nell Painter reflects on leaving the ivory tower for art school at age 64.
Excerpt from “Not Quite Not White” by Sharmila Sen
A “first-gen” American explores race and assimilation in the United States.
Laura van den Berg and “The Third Hotel”
In Laura van den Berg’s fiction, the deeply strange is ordinary.
Rage, reborn: profile of guitarist Tom Morello
With his supergroup Prophets of Rage, the musician faces down a president.
Excerpt from “The Known Citizen” by Sarah E. Igo
A sweeping history of the idea of privacy in America
“Next steps”: profile of Paul Taylor dancer Madelyn Ho
Madelyn Ho pursued two tracks: modern dance, and getting her M.D.
Not “Mickey Mousing”: the rigors of accompanying silent films
Three pianists making silent film sing
Recent books with Harvard connections
Recent books with Harvard connections
Book review: “A Terrible Country” is a cold, welcome wind
Keith Gessen’s second novel deftly interweaves politics and personal history.
Chapter and verse quotation-citation correspondence site
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words