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Must-Read Harvard Books Winter 2025
From aphorisms to art heists to democracy’s necessary conditions
Susan Dunn reviews Jefferson biography by Annette Gordon-Reed and Peter S. Onuf
Thomas Jefferson's “fractal” view of American self-governance
by Susan Dunn
Carlton Cuse discusses what animates his work
Television’s Carlton Cuse on what animates his work
Chapter and verse quotation-citation correspondence site
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Shaping Richard Henry Dana Jr.
How Richard Henry Dana Jr. came to hate slavery and injustice
Classical music composer Lei Liang gives voice to silenced stories
After “growing up in the archives,” a composer makes forgotten histories heard.
Recent books with Harvard connections
Recent books cover the origins of mambo, American economic growth, cancer, landscape, and more
Tania James’s dueling artistic impulses
A writer balances structure and spontaneity in her latest novel.
by Aria Thaker
Chapter and verse quotation-citation correspondence site
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Recent books with Harvard connections
Recent books with Harvard connections
Reviews of four books on what ails American higher education
American higher education and its discontents