Contributing writer
Margaux R.E. Winter
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Buddhism Behind Barbed Wire
“Once she told me that story… I thought, 'One day I need to write a book about what families like hers went through.'”
How to Hold a Room in Silence
Slam poet Phil T. Kaye talks with FM about the power of performance and what it means to be creative.
The Not-Nun in Mather House
“I was so adamant. I needed to become a nun. The monastic life was captivating to me.”
Steve Almond Just Can’t Throw Shit Out
For the enlightenment of non-males around the globe, Steve Almond's essay uncovered the secrets of male-centric, obsessive accumulation of junk, and why men just can’t throw shit out.
VES Better Have My Money
For Cohen, the commercialization of art exists as a necessity. In a sense, the limitations of the policy prepare students for a life of professional artistry. Sacrifices of artistic vision are constantly made due to affordability.
When "Knock-Me-Down Fever" Hit Harvard
President Lowell knew he had a hard decision to make—one that would set a precedent for other institutions of higher education. He could either heed the warnings of doctors across the country or risk the health of his students.
A Look at the Dark Room Collective and the Psychedelic Club
When the poet Kevin Young ’92 wrote in his book of cultural criticism, The Grey Album: On the Blackness of Blackness, that “once you’re in, you’re in forever,” he did not mean Harvard, or his house, or a final club. Young meant the Dark Room Collective, one of the dozens of unofficial intellectual societies that have cropped up at Harvard over the centuries.
Bad Horoscopes: Halloween
Wondering what your Halloween will look like? The stars will tell us! Spoooooky...
FM Imagines: Celebrity Cover Letters
Budgetary strategy is one of my strong points. I know critics will say, “He blew a million dollars on private travel!” I beg you to think of it this way—it only cost me $1 million to charter those flights.
Harvard and Homeland: Pedro Albizu Campos
At the time, Campos’s “insurrectionary activity” piqued the interest of Crimson reporters because he had just been arrested for his alleged involvement in an assassination attempt on President Truman.
