Publications

Fed Up: What Evolution Reveals About Food, Diet, Health, and Eating Well by former Junior Fellow Daniel Lieberman (1992 - 95) In Fed Up, Daniel E. Lieberman draws from evolutionary biol­ogy, physiology, anthropology, anatomy, medical science, and history...

Arachnomania: Spiders and the Cultural Work They Do for Us by Senior Fellow Maria Tatar In Arachnomania , Maria Tatar explores how these creatures became our totem animals, our significant others, and our curved mirrors; spiders are found throughout our...

Israel: What Went Wrong? by former Junior Fellow Omer Bartov (1989 - 92) In this book, Bartov , currently the Dean’s Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown University, explores the transformation of Zionism from a movement of Jewish...

The Republic of Love: Opera and Political Freedom by former Junior Fellow Martha Nussbaum (1972 - 75) In this book, philosopher Martha Nussbaum presents an original vision of opera's contribution to political thought. Drawing on her deep knowledge of...

We (the People of the United States) by former Junior Fellow Joshua Bennett (2016 - 19) Published the year of the nation’s 250th anniversary, We is a book-length poem featuring features a breathtaking range of characters and concerns: The Beach Boys...

Sol An album released by former Junior Fellow Augusta Read Thomas (1991 - 94) World premiere recordings featuring members of the Grossman Ensemble and guests conducted by Jeffrey Milarsky Stream the album here.

The People Can Fly: American Promise, Black Prodigies, and the Greatest Miracle of All Time by former Junior Fellow Joshua Bennett (2016 - 19) What does it mean to be deemed promising in an unjust world? The award-winning poet and MIT Distinguished Chair...

The Many Names of Anonymity: Portraitists of the Canton Trade by former Junior Fellow Winnie Wong (2010 - 13) Explores how the function, norms, and meaning of artists’ names in Chinese modernity have been misunderstood. Published in January 2026 by...

How to Change a Memory: One Neuroscientist’s Quest to Alter the Past by former Junior Fellow Steve Ramirez (2015 - 17) A disarmingly personal account of the new science of memory manipulation by one of today’s leading pioneers in the field Published on...

The Character Sketch as Philosophy: Manners, Mores, Types by former Junior Fellow Katie Ebner-Landy (2022 - 25) An insightful exploration of the moral and political power of the character sketch in early modern Europe—and the implications for our own...