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Arts & Culture
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Hannah and the Janes
New A.R.T. rock opera looks backward to era before Roe v. Wade, finds resonance with today’s post-Roe world
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What Paul Farmer and Joan Kleinman taught Arthur Kleinman about wisdom
Physician and anthropologist says it all comes down caregiving in new collection written with colleagues, rooted in their course ‘Quests for Wisdom’
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Selective nostalgia
Half a century after curator’s road trip collecting photos of American life, a look at what’s inside — and outside — the frames
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Making music is magic. Understanding it is even better.
Why Sophia Zervas traded a career in the arts for academia
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Designing for world in flux
Exhibit at Graduate School of Design highlights innovation that makes possible structures, projects that balance efficacy, affordability, efficiency
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Writing a novel? Just like being a fashion designer.
Douglas Stuart, Booker winner for ‘Shuggie Bain,’ traces career path at Mahindra event
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An archaeological record that doubles as art
Painter captured ancient Egyptian tomb’s secrets in vivid brushstrokes
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Why are so many novels set at Harvard?
Beth Blum notes campus is beautiful, romantic setting that lends itself to exploring collision of ideals, reality
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More than kind of blue
Imani Perry’s lyrical new book weaves memoir, history to consider central place of a color in Black America
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How maps (and cyclists) paved way for roads
Curator takes alternative route through cartographic history and finds a few surprises
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Voice of a generation? Dylan’s is much more than that.
Classics professor who wrote ‘Why Bob Dylan Matters’ on the challenge of capturing a master of creative evasion
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Holiday treats from the kitchen of Julia Child
Recipes from celebrity chef’s archive at Radcliffe
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How a ‘guest’ in English language channels ‘outsider’ perspective into fiction
Laila Lalami talks about multilingualism, inspirations of everyday life, and why she starts a story in the middle
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Potter gets fired up about helping students find their own gifts
Roberto Lugo says his art creates conversations and ‘that’s where the magic happens’
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The 20th-century novel, from its corset to bomber jacket phase
In ‘Stranger Than Fiction,’ Edwin Frank chose 32 books to represent the period. He has some regrets.
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Dance the audience can feel — through their phones
Engineer harnesses haptics to translate movement, make her art more accessible
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Polaroid gave her a shot. She helped revolutionize photography.
Meroë Morse — focus of Baker Library exhibition — led company’s researchers during innovative era
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The very model of a modern major initiative
A.R.T. and Lavine Learning Lab aim to create a space for intergenerational dialogue, deepen student engagement with theater
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12 centuries of Ukrainian literature in 12 weeks?
Bohdan Tokarskyi, new assistant professor, says he’s up to the challenge
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‘Art and Identity’ in a changing Germany
Filmmaker’s documentaries bring complex history to Busch-Reisinger
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So, here’s the thing about women comedians that isn’t funny
Veteran stand-up headliner Iliza Shlesinger details self-censorship, social media, and double standards in Mahindra talk
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Making art as process of reclamation
Singer Davóne Tines ’09 and violinist Jennifer Koh discuss ‘Everything Rises,’ their work about race, complex ties to white world of classical music
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A three-way player: Offense, defense, and design
Economics concentrator, Crimson guard also sells custom sneakers to college, pro athletes
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The problem with knowing everything
‘Rigor of Angels’ author explains how a Borges character with perfect memory illuminates work of Heisenberg, Kant
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Preserving Indigenous languages is personal
Ava Silva ’27 working with WOLF Lab to document, study, and preserve the Alabama language of the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe
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Bot’s literary analysis wasn’t ‘brilliantly original’ — is that beside the point?
Writers Claire Messud, Laura Kipnis debate AI’s merits as a reading companion
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‘Dark things can be quite illuminating’
Horror writing instructor defends prestige of ‘genre that bites back’
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Putting a face on the importance of voting
‘Vote!’ exhibition honors those who fought for civil rights
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Art in motion
Stroboscopic technique uses darkness to shine light on the science of movement
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Scarier than ghosts: A nurse superfan and a spouse with secret rooms
Steven Pinker, Maria Tatar, other scholars recommend books for Halloween season
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So who knew Goliath threw the fight for cash?
Comedy writer Simon Rich talks about turning life into funny fiction, offers tips for young writers
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Does academic writing have to be boring?
English professor, journalist says first step to better prose is being aware that no one has to read you
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When to quit a book
Some give up without guilt while others insist going cover to cover. Harvard readers share their criteria.
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Lace up gloves, enter ring, and write
Novelist and boxer Laura van den Berg says the two practices have a lot in common
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Unearthed papyrus contains lost scenes from Euripides’ plays
Alums help identify, decipher ‘one of the most significant new finds in Greek literature in this century’
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A photographer who makes historical subjects dance
Wendel White manifests the impetus behind his new monograph during Harvard talk
