Arts & Culture
Alumni Cheer on Harvard
At Alumni Day, ringing endorsements of Harvard’s fight
by Max J. Krupnick
Reading the "Five-foot Shelf" of Harvard Classics
A new book documents a Princetonian’s year-long immersion in the Harvard Classics, the venerable "Five-foot Shelf" of Great Books.
Letters & Letterman
Bill Scheft ‘79 writes comedy for David Letterman, as well as novels.
by Craig Lambert
The Hajj, Screened Large
"Journey to Mecca," co-produced by Taran Davies ’93, is a new IMAX film about the Hajj.
by Craig Lambert
Cultures in Conflict
Paul M. Barrett reviews “Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam, and the West,” by Christopher Caldwell ’83
by Paul M. Barrett
Shuttered Behind Bars
In a new book, photographer Bruce Jackson presents old ID photo portraits from an Arkansas prison.
by Craig Lambert
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
"Days With the Family Realist"
A poem for the 2009 Phi Beta Kappa Literary Exercises
Slaying Dragons
A crime novelist explores the deepest cracks in the human heart.
by Nell Porter-Brown
Love Nest
The most romantic tent in town
by Christopher Reed
Feeding an Addiction
Enlisting the food industry in the fight against obesity