Arts & Culture
A Democratic Landscape
Michael Van Valkenburgh and the making of Brooklyn Bridge Park
No One Deserves a Spot at Harvard
Michael Sandel makes the case against meritocracy.
by Spencer Lee Lenfield
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Recent books with Harvard connections
“This Is a Gift”
Harvard University Press releases a new book, Racism in America: A Reader, free online.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Why Do We Still Have the Electoral College?
Historian Alexander Keyssar on why the unpopular institution has prevailed
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
How Harvard Handled the 1918 Flu Pandemic
Fall semester interrupted, a century ago
by Matteo Wong
Callimachus
Brief life of a multifaceted poet: c. 310 B.C.E. - c. 240 B.C.E.
by Stephanie Burt , Mark Payne
What’s Become of “Character”?
Marjorie Garber explores the word’s complexity and history.
Electoral Eccentricity
Problematic features of the Electoral College
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Recent books with Harvard connections
The Arts as Essential Goods
A prescient novelist is hopeful that “after great change, amazing things can happen.”
by Nell Porter Brown