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On the Margins
Filmmaker John Armstrong’s “outdoor adventures” find the human spirit.
by Lydialyle Gibson
“The Art, the Play, and the Rigor”
How flutist Claire Chase signals a key change for Harvard’s music department
by Lucy Caplan
Tyrant Tales
Stephen Greenblatt mines Shakespeare to interpret modern times.
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Recent books with Harvard connections
The Academic Heights
The former University of Chicago president and Harvard Corporation fellow crafts a timely memoir.
by John S. Rosenberg
Comedy Compulsion
TV writer Nell Scovell looks back on Just the Funny Parts.
by Sophia Nguyen
Can Science Justify Itself?
Steven Pinker’s Enlightenment Now defends science from modern-day foes.
by Ada Palmer
Brew’s Clues
A historian tracks the craft-beer boom, and the evolution of American taste.
by Bailey Trela
Slaves’ “Private Arenas”
The power and legacy of African-American folktales
Time in Space
Renée Green’s exhibition “Within Living Memory” closes her Harvard residency.
by Lily Scherlis
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Recent books with Harvard connections