Montage

Open Book: A New Nuclear Age

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

The Happy Warrior Redux

Hubert Humphrey’s liberalism reconsidered

A Dogged Observer

Novelist and psychiatrist Daniel Mason takes the long view.

by Max J. Krupnick

Off the Shelf

Revolutionizing French fashion, early Chinese writing, and more

Making Space

The natural history of Junko Yamamoto’s art and architecture

by Nina Pasquini

Democracy Endangered

American democracy endangered by minority rule

Off the Shelf

Recent books with Harvard connections

Living the Science Fiction Fantasy

Novelist Catherine Asaro’s space operas

by Lydialyle Gibson

Behind the Scenes

The quirky surrealism of production designer Sue Chan

by Stuart Miller

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