Books & Literary Life
A Democratic Landscape
Michael Van Valkenburgh and the making of Brooklyn Bridge Park
Off the Shelf
Painting with Monet, birding with Thoreau, and other recent books
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
Developing Dads
Exploring the evolutionary biology of human fathers as caretakers
by Richard G. Bribiescas
Off the Shelf
Nicholas Kristof reporting, why voting matters, becoming famous, and more in books
Israel, Idea and State
How should Progressive Jews reconcile the changing nature of Israel today as state and ideal?
In Egypt, Doors Closing
Leslie T. Change ’91 explores the lives of three women in the Egyptian textile industry.
Who Was John Greenleaf Whittier?
Homes of the poet and abolitionist, whose verses were said to have inspired Abraham Lincoln.
by Nell Porter Brown