Anna Lamb

Boston, Ithaca

Writer and Copy Editor at Harvard Gazette

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Articles

We used to read more, scream less — Harvard Gazette

3 weeks ago | news.harvard.edu | Anna Lamb

Fiction is as old as time. From the ancient “Epic of Gilgamesh” to contemporary novels and short stories, fiction has explored the human condition and pushed us to think outside ourselves and expand our imaginations. The internet, on the other hand, is less than 50 years old. It’s evolved exponentially over the last four decades, and inarguably changed the way we communicate, live, and think. In these edited responses, writers of the genre share how they believe the internet has changed fiction.
On fiction, grief, and, most of all, ‘radical honesty’

1 month ago | indianewengland.com | Anna Lamb

By Anna LambHarvard Staff Writer.Harvard GazetteFor Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, fiction is a calling. Last week, the former Radcliffe fellow and 2018 Class Day speaker visited Harvard Square to mark another milestone in her vocation with the release of “Dream Count” — a book more than 10 years in the making. The author of four novels, Adichie published her third, the critically acclaimed “Americanah,” in 2013. For a while, she worried there wouldn’t be another.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s ‘Dream Count’: On Fiction, Grief, And, Most Of All, ‘Radical Honesty’ -Havard Gazette

1 month ago | theculturenewspaper.com | Anna Lamb

For Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, fiction is a calling. Last week, the former Radcliffe fellow and 2018 Class Day speaker visited Harvard Square to mark another milestone in her vocation with the release of “Dream Count” — a book more than 10 years in the making. The author of four novels, Adichie published her third, the critically acclaimed “Americanah,” in 2013. For a while, she worried there wouldn’t be another.
On fiction, grief, and, most of all, ‘radical honesty’ — Harvard Gazette

1 month ago | news.harvard.edu | Anna Lamb

For Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, fiction is a calling. Last week, the former Radcliffe fellow and 2018 Class Day speaker visited Harvard Square to mark another milestone in her vocation with the release of “Dream Count” — a book more than 10 years in the making. The author of four novels, Adichie published her third, the critically acclaimed “Americanah,” in 2013. For a while, she worried there wouldn’t be another.
We’re already forgetting what 2020 was like — Harvard Gazette

1 month ago | news.harvard.edu | Anna Lamb

In 2020, signs and social media posts praising essential workers were ubiquitous. Now, you hardly ever hear talk about the people who put themselves at risk to keep the country going during the pandemic. In his book “2020: One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed,” sociologist Eric Klinenberg reminds readers not to be so quick to forget how the pandemic changed us and the impacts we’re still dealing with today.
How much sleep do you need?How much sleep do you need? — Harvard Gazette

1 month ago | news.harvard.edu | Anna Lamb

A series of random questions answered by Harvard experts. Elizabeth Klerman is a sleep researcher and a professor of neurology. It varies by person. Generally, it’s how much you get if you don’t have an alarm clock or someone to wake you up. See how much sleep you are getting after three or four days when no one wakes you and you don’t quickly get out of bed after you wake up (so you may fall back asleep).
Jon Hamm celebrated as Hasty Pudding’s Man of the Year — Harvard Gazette

2 months ago | news.harvard.edu | Anna Lamb

3 min read Was it a slab of deli meat or the actor Jon Hamm that Elle magazine once described as “having a characteristic Midwestern farm yumminess”? That question was one of several tricky moments in the “Ham or Hamm?” portion of Hasty Pudding’s 2025 Man of the Year ceremony Friday at Farkas Hall. You’re forgiven if you’re stumped.
From sending thank-you notes to social faux pas, she’s ruled on it all- Harvard Gazette

2 months ago | news.harvard.edu | Anna Lamb

Maybe you hate spending the holidays with your snarky brother-in-law or fear committing a social faux pas at an acquaintance’s wedding. For 20 years, Bostonians facing such quandaries have sought advice from Harvard Business School’s Robin Abrahams via the Boston Globe’s Miss Conduct column. Abrahams, a research associate for Professor Boris Groysberg, reminisced about her career as an advice writer ahead of her final column in early February.
What makes a good teacher? — Harvard Gazette

2 months ago | news.harvard.edu | Anna Lamb

A series of random questions answered by Harvard experts. Teachers can have a lasting effect on our success later in life. We asked Heather Hill, the Hazen-Nicoli Professor in Teacher Learning and Practice at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education, what skills a good teacher possesses.
Now that we have new 'miracle' diet drugs, what's the point of exercising?

Jan 20, 2025 | medicalxpress.com | Anna Lamb

New diet drugs are making it easier to lose weight. So does that mean we can stop exercising? Health experts say no. There is a long list of upsides to going for a walk or hitting the gym, and weight loss isn't necessarily at the top.