Nation Let’s not be strangers ‘Seeing Others’ author Michèle Lamont has an escape plan for people fed up with years of bitter division
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Arts & Humanities Andrew Johnson <h4>Times Books, January 2011</h4><h5>By Annette Gordon-Reed</h5> DateMay 12, 2011 Share Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Trending Is organic better? How federal missteps opened door to COVID misinformation So what exactly makes Taylor Swift so great? Tab for liver disease tied to drinking projected to double over 20 years Why are ineffective oral decongestants still on store shelves? Professor of Law Annette Gordon-Reed tackles one of the worst presidents in American history, claiming that his own racism was to blame for his shoddy performance during the Reconstruction era.
Arts & Humanities What books mean as objects Arts & Humanities What books mean as objects “Is it legitimate to use a book as a paperweight, to use an encyclopedia as a doorstop, to use newspaper as toilet paper, to pad out your bookshelf with books that you’re probably never going to read?” asked Leah Price, an English professor exploring other uses to which books can be put. Kris Snibbe/Harvard Staff Photographer
