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The Milky Way's central black hole has a disk of gas and dust orbiting it, astronomers can finally say with confidence.

There are as many wacky ideas for novels as there are novelists. More, actually; many novelists move closer to the outer edges of imagination (theirs; ours) with each book. As proof, I submit "The Family Chao," the third novel by Lan Samantha Chang, in which she reimagines Fyodor Dostoevsky's epic "The Brothers Karamazov" as a contemporary Chinese American family drama.

The Africa Institute in Sharjah, UAE---a center for research, documentation, and study of Africa and its diaspora---has announced seven new faculty appointments, fellows of its Research Fellowship Program, the fellows of its inaugural class of Global Africa Translation Fellows, and the launch of a new Creative Writing fellowship program.

In conversation with Maggie Doherty, Kimmery Martin, Naomi Krupitsky, and Leanne Brown

Gandhinagar: As a part of the sixth edition of the Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS) elective course by the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN), distinguished author and scholar of Indian intellectual traditions, Prof Kapil Kapoor, delive

On the current trajectory of improvement for children’s literacy rates in South Africa, it will be 2098 before all Grade 4s in the country can learn to read for meaning.

Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery Initiative Plans Events for the Spring | News | The Harvard Crimson

India’s economy is poised for another growth spurt as it recovers from shocks of pandemic

Personal History by John McPhee: A project meant not to end.

Radcliffe Dean Discusses Book Celebrating Life of Civil Rights Lawyer Constance Baker Motley | News | The Harvard Crimson