Montage
With Seamus Heaney in Elysium
A new translation from the Aeneid
Chapter & Verse
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Off the Shelf
Fireflies, dating and love, growing old, and other recent books with Harvard connections
How America Grew
Definitive economic history—and a debatable, despairing forecast
by Shane Greenstein
Seeing Spring
Artist Anna Agoston grows into her medium with her photographic studies of plants.
by Sophia Nguyen
Chapter & Verse
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Hopkinson Smith, Beyond the Instrument
A lutenist pursues what he calls his “lifelong task.”
by Lara Pellegrinelli
Presidents, Congress, and Foreign Policy
Political scientists demystify unseen institutional tensions.
"Art Is a Dark Mirror"
Ellen Harvey's installations offer "complicated gifts" to the viewer.
by Olivia Schwob
Meet Him in St. Louis
A daring musical theater company turns 25.
by Meredith Redick