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Open Book: A New Nuclear Age

Harvard historian Serhii Plokhy’s latest book looks at the rising danger of a new arms race.

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

Derek Bok of Harvard on U.S. higher education, reviewed by Richard Morrill

Derek Bok’s new book on higher education in America, reviewed by Richard Morrill

by Richard L. Morrill

Murray Dewart's sculptures embody life from the inside out

Bronze and granite come alive for Murray Dewart.

by Craig Lambert

Book reviewer George Scialabba practices a radical craft

“One of America’s best all-round intellects” scrutinizes books.

by Craig Lambert

Excerpt from "Fire and Light" by James MacGregor Burns

James MacGregor Burns, Ph.D. ’47, on intellect, governance, and the Enlightenment

Composer Michael Friedman and The Civilians

Composer Michael Friedman’s “investigative theater”

by Tom Vinciguerra

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

Harvard's Walter Johnson on the slave South

The capitalist economy and dark dreams of the slaveholding South

by Michael Bernath