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Must-Read Harvard Books Winter 2025
From aphorisms to art heists to democracy’s necessary conditions
Profile of poet Jean Valentine
Poet Jean Valentine on literary companionship
Recent books with Harvard Connections
Recent books with Harvard connections
Fusion fantasy: a profile of translator and fiction writer Ken Liu
Ken Liu’s hybrid fiction crosses oceans and galaxies.
James Kloppenberg's masterwork on democracy reviewed
Reviewing a masterwork on the past, and future, of democracy
Radcliffe alumna Judith Brodsky, on printmaking and risk-taking
From the beginning, artist and advocate Judith Brodsky felt “pulls in different directions.”
by Violet Baron
"The biggest mystery": Nicholas Britell, on scoring "Big Short," "Seventh Fire"
A film composer's career, from annotating Sneakers to doing “archaeology” for 12 Years a Slave
Bee hunting with Thomas D. Seeley: an excerpt from "Following the Wild Bees"
Thomas D. Seeley on the craft and science of bee hunting
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
Spy novelist Joseph Finder, on the guilt and gumption that drive his writing
Joseph Finder makes technology the texture of his new thriller, Guilty Minds.
by Bailey Trela
Bowen and McPherson, “Lesson Plan,” reviewed by Clayton Spencer
A focused briefing on degree-attainment, democracy, and economic opportunity