Montage
On the Margins
Filmmaker John Armstrong’s “outdoor adventures” find the human spirit.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Urban Surprises
Ross Miller’s public art in overlooked places captivates viewers.
by Stephanie Garlock
Open Book: GOP Polarities
In To Make Men Free, Heather Cox Richardson seeks to explain the back-and-forth history of Republican Party goals.
Iconoclastic Music Educator
Rejecting the “tyranny of competence,” John Payne helps musicians bloom.
by Craig Lambert
Chapter & Verse
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Music, Noted
The recording of songs and sounds past—a history of musical notation in the West
by Anna Zayaruznaya
Cinema with Gravitas
Bill Haney makes documentary films that probe social issues.
by Laura Levis
Ensnared
From personal catastrophe to enforced poverty
by John S. Rosenberg
Chapter & Verse
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
Bears, Oars, Metaphors
Novelist and outdoorsman John Casey’s two new books look at teaching writing and his athletic exploits.
by Craig Lambert