Books & Literary Life
Beyond the SAT
Nicholas Lemann on revising standardized testing to address real educational needs
History in Progress
How the War on Terror reshaped American life
by Nina Pasquini
“Volts of Your Own Spirit”
Seamus Heaney writes to Helen Vendler.
Off the Shelf
Democratic organizing, “architectural grafting,” the Constitution, offshore wealth, and other new books
Bringing the Magic
The reality-based fantasies of novelist Tomi Adeyemi
by Lydialyle Gibson
Off the Shelf
Painting with Monet, birding with Thoreau, and other recent books
A Democratic Landscape
Michael Van Valkenburgh and the making of Brooklyn Bridge Park
On Being “Printerly”
An art historian analyzes an overlooked medium.
by Murray Whyte
Vision and Justice
How photographs promote social justice
by Nina Pasquini
The DNA of World Literature
A new Norton Anthology, edited by Harvard’s Martin Puchner, reimagines the global literary tradition.
by Nina Pasquini
A New Chapter for Harvard Arts
The Office for the Arts turns 50, and its longtime director steps down.
by Lydialyle Gibson