Books
LGBT Books Vandalized
Level B of Lamont Library held the forty LGBT books that were defiled with urine last week.
Flour Bakery Cookbook
Joanne Chang '91, the founder of Flour Bakery and Cafe, speaks to a crowd at the Harvard Bookstore about her entry into the culinary business and her recently published cookbook
Five Harvard Locations and Their Hogwarts Equivalents
Hogwarts and Harvard are the pinnacles of magical and Muggle education, so it’s not much of a surprise that there’s some overlap between the two.
Top Five Fictional Rabbits
I had a real pet rabbit as a child, but it chewed through all the wires.
Javier Marías Fantasizes ‘While the Women Are Sleeping’
“While the Women are Sleeping,” a collection of tales written by MarÌas from 1965—when he was 16—to 1998, is a series of stories that are at once humorous, thoughtful, and imaginative.
Arts Poll 2010
We polled over 300 students on their favorite things from 2010. Here are the results:
The Ten Worst (Best?) Puns of Arts 2010
Here are the ten most groan-worthy specimens of puns from the past twelve months.
Globe Bookstore May Be Sold Soon
The fate of the Globe Corner Bookstore is once again in doubt. The owner of the longtime Harvard Square travel bookshop—which reopened on the corner of Mount Auburn and JFK streets in 2006—says he’s putting his store up for sale amid health concerns. The possible sale makes the Globe Corner the latest Square business to confront an uncertain future—and at least the second local bookstore in as many years to be put up for sale.
The Ballads of Stephen Sondheim
“Finishing the Hat”—which will soon be joined by a second volume that covers Sondheim’s musicals after 1981—provides a fascinating and illuminating glimpse into the mind of modern musical theater’s greatest writer.
Novelist Paul Auster Reads From ‘Sunset Park’ In a Rare Appearance
Paul Auster looked down as he read from his new novel “Sunset Park” in the crowded Brattle Theatre.
Saer Sketches a Stylistic Ramble in ‘Sixty-Five Years’
In an article about Argentina’s bicentennial, n+1 founder and editor Benjamin Kunkel commented that in that country, “crisis has enforced creativity.”
Rushdie Rekindles Old Myths in ‘Fire of Life’
Richard Avedon, one of the greatest American photographers of the last century, once took an unforgettable portrait of Salman Rushdie.
McGuane Covers Strange Terrain in ‘Driving’
In Thomas McGuane’s tenth novel, “Driving on the Rim,” a friend of the narrator suggests that he “get some advice about operating on a somewhat different plane. Neither I nor anyone else in town can figure out where the hell you’re coming from.”
Zapruder's Latest Lacks Ambition
Discourse on contemporary poetry tends to revolve around the question of crisis; not as to whether there is a crisis, ...