Columns
Books in the Age of Digital Reproduction
This transition from page to screen will bring changes both positive (such as innovation in form) and negative (disruption of economic modes of sustaining literature).
Monomania: Now What?
When I turned in my thesis last month, the world seemed to exhale deeply. A great monomania had evaporated, leaving a gaping hole that one’s supposed to think of as room to explore. And yet aside from the standard-grade senioritis, I found myself at a loss for what to do with my freedom.
Defense Paves Path for Men's Lacrosse
In the biggest games of the season, the defense has stepped up and exerted a level of control over the game that has not been seen from a Harvard team in recent years.
Boston’s Spoken Word Laureate
Virginia Marshall discusses the historical role of poet laureates and the future of Boston's Poet Laureate position.
Macondo on the Mind
Vonnegut lampooned the world’s absurdity for me, Fuentes laid the sometimes-sordid foundations of power bare to me, but Gabriel García Márquez taught me how to dream.
'Leading in Learning'
I’m sure that all of these proposals reflect well-developed and thoughtful plans on the part of Harvard University. But in my four years here, the rigidity of Harvard’s furniture has never seemed a major roadblock to my learning experience. In fact, I have had little to no interaction with technology in the classroom.
Virtual Reality But Real Consequences
More than usual, these past few weeks in the United States have been a time of sheer idiocy.
Matzo and Manischewitz
For the uninitiated, this week is Passover, an eight day holiday in which your favorite local lawyers and doctors, the Jews, celebrate their exodus from Egypt by depriving themselves of everything remotely edible.
British, Irish, Immigrant, and Gay
Upon reading through the article, Ruth let out a literal sigh of relief before calling Kristin, her partner of four years, to share the news.
The Parents Aren’t All Right
It’s important to restart the national conversation around enlarging Head Start and Early Head Start to every willing child in America.
