Harvard Magazine Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Is there a case for #culturalappropriation? Critic Adam Kirsch finds one in Martin Puchner’s sweeping new book, "Culture: The Story of Us, From Cave Art to K-Pop." @WSJ @martin_puchner @English_Harvard @HarvardExt @HarvardTDM @HarvardArtsHum https://t.co/f3sJ4wLaZN https://t.co/hJhnmnlTTU

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Writer Nicholas Dawidoff ’85 is justly acclaimed for "The Catcher Was a Spy," "The Fly Swatter ," and "The Crowd Sounds Happy." Now, he has produced a monumental, wrenching account of urban inequity, "The Other Side of Prospect" (@wwnorton). https://t.co/7Gdt4CiUFR https://t.co/SouDtKFASn

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Amid the national debate over corporate social responsibility and #ESG standards, @HarvardHBS historian Geoffrey Jones documents the long record of mission- and values-driven enterprises in his new book, Deeply Responsible Business. @Harvard_Press https://t.co/aBKHMzf2Ob

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John Singer #Sargent seemed the embodiment of an establishment #artist. As American studies professor @Wellesley Paul Fisher ’83 amply documents in his new biography, "The Grand Affair" (@fsgbooks), there were many more backstories to the man: https://t.co/hvvCQaejxt

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William Tamplin, Ph.D. ’20, translated the 1955 Arabic novel "Cry in a Long Night" into English. The translation was published earlier this year by @DarfPublishers. Read about Tamplin's journey learning and translating #Arabic. @arablit https://t.co/rmOS4A2TyC https://t.co/o843rCBRCY

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Congratulations to @jarvisrgivens for winning the @aacu Frederic W. Ness Book Award Winner for his book "Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching" (@Harvard_Press). Read our recent feature on his work: https://t.co/uxCJreeyas

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Our latest list of #Harvard alumni, faculty, and staff publications includes @MatthewCappucci's new book "Looking Up," @Nouriel's "Megathreats," and much more: https://t.co/PEqJAYH7ej https://t.co/fyDjveJ6fq

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Did you know: Seamus Heaney, Litt. D. ’98, wrote The Cure at Troy in Cambridge, during his tenure as Harvard’s Boylston professor of rhetoric and oratory? Read the article by Marilynn Richtarik, Professor of English at @GeorgiaStateU. @OWC_Oxford https://t.co/DTeltl3UbB #ireland

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We review: "Race at the Top" by @nkwarikoo (@UChicagoPress); "Breaking Ranks" by Colin Diver (@JHUPress); "The Real World of College" by @wendyfischman and @DrHowardGardner (@mitpress); and "Empires of Ideas" by @BillKirbyHBS (@Harvard_Press). https://t.co/xdnpw37aEM

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We review: "Race at the Top" by @nkwarikoo (@UChicagoPress); "Breaking Ranks" by Colin Diver (@JHUPress); "The Real World of College" by @wendyfischman and @DrHowardGardner (@mitpress); and "Empires of Ideas" by @BillKirbyHBS (@Harvard_Press). https://t.co/xdnpw37aEM