Faith through Film

The “Accidental Talmudist” on making Jewish movies

by Max J. Krupnick

Vistas of Perfection

A profile of writer James Agee, at Harvard and beyond

by Adam Kirsch

Caroline Farrar Ware

A brief profile of the activist and scholar

by Anne Firor Scott

A Walk through History with Justice Ginsburg

The Supreme Court associate justice speaks at a Radcliffe Institute conference on gender and the law.

Plugged In

Charlene Li urges businesses to embrace social technologies.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Life in Counterpoint

Jonathan Newmark balances his day job and his music.

by Krysten A. Keches

Life and Cupcakes

Jessi Walter has fun on the job.

by Krysten A. Keches

A Pioneer in Family Planning

A new exhibition honors John C. Rock, the Harvard Medical School professor whose research and advocacy were instrumental in the development of modern fertility treatments and contraception.

Second-Life Photography

A profile of cultural photographer Lee Smith

by Craig Lambert

A Yodel for Help in the Modern World

Playwright Christopher Durang, a “native American absurdist,” writes black comedies that turn painful events into hilarity.

by Craig Lambert

Fernando Zóbel de Ayala

A brief profile of the peripatetic painter and philanthropist

by John Seed