Montage

On the Margins

Filmmaker John Armstrong’s “outdoor adventures” find the human spirit.

by Lydialyle Gibson

How Buildings Move People

Justin Lee's essential, “invisible,” work at the Harvard Art Museums

by Lily Scherlis

Off the Shelf

A natural history of Martha’s Vineyard, and other books with Harvard connections

Making Liberal Democracies

Scholarly lessons from Europe prove pertinent today.

by Daniel J. Solomon

Chapter & Verse

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

Chapter & Verse

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

Off the Shelf

Wordsworth seen anew, and other recent books

Holding Emotion “At an Observer's Distance”

Adam Kirsch reviews Megan Marshall’s biography of poet Elizabeth Bishop.

by Adam Kirsch

Reel Revolution

How Black Journal raised the country's consciousness, and opened Kent Garrett's eyes to television's potential

by Sophia Nguyen

Desire and Design

Probing the primal drives of a landmark architect

Reality Fiction

Elif Batuman’s novel The Idiot reflects on her Harvard freshman year.

by Madeleine Schwartz