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The Rampage of the Rufus Buck Gang
A gritty Western depicts a brief, violent crusade.
2.17.12
Justice Falls Down
America’s flawed criminal justice system
2.17.12
Out, Poetically
In a new book of poems, high-ranking editor Jonathan Galassi ’71 alludes to his homosexuality.
1.31.12
Focusing on the Tea Party
A new book by Harvard scholars Theda Skocpol and Vanessa Williamson attracts attention as the presidential primary season begins.
1.9.12
Tiny Brontë, Big Price
Manuscript, sold for $1.1 million, leaves England; magazine complements books in Harvard collection.
12.19.11
Under the Bar
An Upstairs at the Pudding girlhood, and undergraduate impresario Peter Sellars at Adams House
12.16.11
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
12.16.11
The Persistence of Place
Sociologist Robert J. Sampson documents enduring neighborhood differences in Chicago.
12.16.11
The Chinese “Good Life”
Arthur Kleinman and colleagues explore the Chinese people’s yearnings after a century of upheaval and disasters.
12.16.11
Gould Goods
Popular works by evolutionary biologist and baseball fan Stephen Jay Gould back in print
12.16.11
Mysteries and Masterpieces
Adam Kirsch reads the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library—the latest stage in the “American conquest of the Middle Ages”
12.16.11
Harvard Affiliates’ Books Draw Press Attention
Adam Kirsch, Mark Whitaker, and Niall Ferguson have new books out.
11.10.11
Professor of Organizational Behavior Paul Lawrence Dies
The pioneering professor at Harvard Business School died November 1 at age 89.
11.3.11
Off the Shelf
Gordon S. Wood on the birth of the United States, Steven Pinker on declining violence, Jack M. Balkin on “Living Originalism,” and a dozen others whose recent books have Harvard connections