Books & Literary Life
A Democratic Landscape
Michael Van Valkenburgh and the making of Brooklyn Bridge Park
In a Farmer’s Long Beard
Miriam Udel’s passion for children and Yiddish children’s literature
Family History
A German American scholar is unsettled by an ancestor’s secret.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Off the Ice, Onto the Screen
Bill Keenan ’09 brings his first book onto the screen.
by Gary Santaniello
Active Grandparenting, Costly Repair
A biological anthropologist explains why and how exercise works to combat senescence.
by Daniel E. Lieberman
Near and Distant Objectives
Harvard Law School professor Noah Feldman’s constitutionalism is a branch of the humanities.
by Lincoln Caplan
An Education Agenda
Derek Bok on curriculum reform
“A Kind of Justice in the World”
Ian K. Smith’s turn toward detective fiction
by Lydialyle Gibson
Chapter & Verse
A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words
The Fire in “A Burning”
Megha Majumdar’s novel of India resonates in the United States.
by Lydialyle Gibson
No One Deserves a Spot at Harvard
Michael Sandel makes the case against meritocracy.
by Spencer Lee Lenfield