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Must-Read Harvard Books Winter 2025
From aphorisms to art heists to democracy’s necessary conditions
Harvard professor Stephanie Burt on becoming co-poetry editor at “The Nation”
Stephanie Burt ’94 is the kind of poetry critic who provokes anger in other poetry critics.
"Bunk" review: Kevin Young surveys American culture, from circuses to con men
From the Missouri Compromise to the 2016 election, Kevin Young's Bunk takes stock of American hoaxes, con men, and race fantasies.
by Niela Orr
Chapter and verse quotation-citation correspondence site
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Composer Ashley Fure unleashes her visceral opera “The Force of Things”
Composer Ashley Fure wants people to listen to noise.
Excerpt from “Forged in Crisis,” by Nancy Koehn
The Business School’s Nancy Koehn analyzes the personal stakes that propel leaders.
Alison Carey, on directing the American Revolutions cycle at the OSF
Historical plays for a nation “stuck in the middle”
Malka Older’s global sci-fi
Sci-fi meets the political thriller.
Recent books with Harvard connections
John Kenneth Galbraith’s letters, Linda Greenhouse, color in art, and more
Stephen Greenblatt on Adam and Eve
Stephen Greenblatt explores the myths and meanings of Adam and Eve.
Chapter and verse quotation-citation correspondence site
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words