Montage
On the Margins
Filmmaker John Armstrong’s “outdoor adventures” find the human spirit.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Chapter and Verse
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Dark Beauty
A tense thriller, with ballerinas
by Craig Lambert
Chocolate à la Vietnamese
Two San Francisco sisters add Asian and other original flavors to their gourmet confectionery.
Chapter and Verse
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Funniest Pages
Rick Meyerowitz’s Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead is a compendium of the best pieces from the National Lampoon.
by Craig Lambert
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
Noir Romantic
Romanticism, a new collection by poet April Bernard, mixes disillusionment with emotion and playfulness.
by David Scribner
Dickinson’s Trinity
In a new critical work, Helen Vendler assesses one of Emily Dickinson’s deceptively simple early poems.
Spartan Means, Splendid Spaces
Elizabeth Whittaker’s beautiful buildings look expensive, but aren’t.
by Craig Lambert
Tropical Abstractions
Painter George Oommen creates distinctive images of Kerala, India—his homeland. With video of the artist at work.
by Craig Lambert