Montage

On the Margins

Filmmaker John Armstrong’s “outdoor adventures” find the human spirit.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Literary Gardening

A Berkshire yard that recalls poetry, fiction, and drama

by Craig Lambert

Chapter & Verse

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

A Scientist in Full

The fruitful, flawed Louis Agassiz

by James Hanken

Off the Shelf

Recent books with Harvard connections

Soul Beyond the Skin

Indelible Lalita’s saga of pigmentation and personhood

by Laura Levis

Like Garlic or Burning Matches

A new book traces napalm's invention to Harvard—and its evolution from heroic discovery to pariah

Princess Not-So-Charming

A fairy tale for today’s world

Seeing and Observing

The "Literally Psyched" columnist on Sherlock Holmes, perception, and mental prowess

Chapter & Verse

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

The Art of the Cookbook

“Doc” Willoughby talks grilling and writing.

by Betsy Block