Montage
Faith through Film
The “Accidental Talmudist” on making Jewish movies
by Max J. Krupnick
Thinking Archaically
The earthly permanence of Romolo Del Deo’s sculpture
by Jacob Sweet
Educational Ascent
Ruth Simmons on her ascent from sharecropper’s daughter to scholar
Reviving Black Classical Music
Pianist Gerry Bryant highlights black composers.
by Max J. Krupnick
Shakespeare’s Uncanny Presence
Marjorie Garber explores the bard’s influence on the Bloomsbury Group.
Inclusive Design, Incisive Art
Amy Yoshitsu’s vision for change
by Claire Zulkey
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
How Revolutions Happen
Robert Darnton on the origins of the French Revolutionary temperament
State-Sponsored Discrimination
The role of zoing law and housing in making America more unequal—and what to do about it
The Men Who Can’t Be Saved
Novelist Ben Purkert’s playfully serious look at masculinity
by Stuart Miller
Off the Shelf
Recent books on camping outdoors, economic opportunity, the women of NOW, and more