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Dollar Dramas

The preeminence of U.S. currency at risk

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Recent books with Harvard connections

The “Little Republics”

Thomas Jefferson's “fractal” view of American self-governance

by Susan Dunn

Lost in Ideas

Television’s Carlton Cuse on what animates his work

by Lydialyle Gibson

Chapter & Verse

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

Beyond Brahminism

How Richard  Henry Dana Jr. came to hate slavery and injustice

Hearing History

After “growing up in the archives,” a composer makes forgotten histories heard.

by Lara Pellegrinelli

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Recent books cover the origins of mambo, American economic growth, cancer, landscape, and more

The Elephant in the Cutting Room

A writer balances structure and spontaneity in her latest novel.

by Aria Thaker

Chapter and Verse

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

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Recent books with Harvard connections