Letters to the Editor

Reader responses, insights, and continued conversations inspired by recent articles.

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Animal Love Stories From Readers

Inseparable cows, big dogs fostering a tiny kitten, and a show beagle’s second act

Your Views on Rabbits in Love, Dark Skies, and Education

A sampling of reader reactions

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Readers Respond to Our Adaptations Survey

We asked people to share their favorite art adaptations. Here’s what they said.

Your Views on Harvard and the Nation’s 250th, A Year of Turmoil, and Mark Twain

Letters from Harvard Magazine readers

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Readers Respond to Our Grade Inflation Survey

A sampling of answers 

Your Views on Grade Inflation, Harvard Extension School, and Climate Fiction

A sampling of reader reactions

Your Views on Cannibalism, Campus Speech, and Mars

A sampling of reader reactions

Your Views on the Supreme Court, Dutch Art, and Science Funding

A sampling of reader reactions

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Your Views on Conservatism on Campus, Doxxing, and More

Readers write in about international students at Harvard, the September-October cover, and changes at the Chan School of Public Health.

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Letters from Readers About Harvard’s Standoff with the Trump Administration

Harvard Magazine readers respond to Harvard’s standoff with the Trump administration.

by Jonathan Shaw

Letters to Harvard Magazine Summer 2025

Readers’ views on gender gaps, freedom of speech, an editor’s farewell, the hippocampus, Alice Hamilton, standing up to the Trump administration, and more