Arts & Culture
Harvard Medalists
Four people honored for exceptional service to the University
by Nell Porter-Brown
Alexander Gassel’s “Painted Poetry”
A blend of Russian Orthodox iconography and mythical motifs
by Nell Porter-Brown
Braxton Shelley
A gospel scholar shapes music theory.
by Jacob Sweet
al-Hariri
Brief life of a master storyteller
by Michael Cooperson
A Life in Harmonica
Scott Albert Johnson finds his path.
by Jacob Sweet
Finding Voices
Marilyn Booth translates Arabic literature for Anglophone readers.
by Spencer Lee Lenfield
“Like Driving at Night”
Maggie Shipstead’s time-spanning, globe-circling new novel
by Dan Kelly
Clothes Overboard!
Two explorers strip to stay aloft.
by Jacob Sweet
All American
The Worcester Art Museum spotlights baseball garb.
by Nell Porter-Brown
Bringing the Stars to Light
Alumni scientist-filmmakers bring the Harvard Computers’ story to the screen.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Culture in the Cold War
In a new book, Louis Menand probes the cultural currents of postwar America.
by Spencer Lee Lenfield