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Read Globally!

The Press is published in Harvard, but it’s often stowed away in the backpacks and suitcases of loyal readers as they cross the country and the globe for business or pleasure. If you’re going somewhere interesting, pack your Harvard Press and send us a picture of it—and you—with your locale in the background, and we'll add it to these!

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Italy

From left: Lillian Burkart, Maria Day, Ruth Olsen, Ellie Buford, and Mary Niell enjoy the Press last year in the Dolomite Mountains of northern Italy.

Russia

Lee and Pat Cooper of Stow Road read the Press last autumn in Yaroslavl, Russia, on the Volga River.

Plymouth, Mass

Erica Adelson of Medford and her dad, Jim Adelson of Old Shirley Road, show that the Press is the key to social distancing, ensuring that readers are well-informed as well as 6 feet apart when held at arm’s length. The Adelsons and the Press are at Great Herring Pond in Plymouth, Mass.

Delaware

Littleton Road resident Gifford Perry and the Press are at Cape Henlopen State Park in Lewes, Delaware. In the backgound is an old World War II lookout observatory.

Germany

Bernd Janssen of Bowers Road poses with the Press in front of Beethoven's statue in his native city of Bonn, Germany.

Ireland

Former Brown Road residents Richard and Sally Steele are on a ferry ride with the Press to Inishmore, one of the Aran Islands, at the mouth of Galway Bay off the western coast of Ireland.

Lithuania

Diana Gill (left) of Old Littleton Road, and her cousin Jurate Raizyte pose with the Press on the pedestrian bridge over the Neman River in Kaunas, Lithuania.

Russia

Still River residents Jean and Richard Dickason are at Peterhof Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia, with the Press.

Key West, Florida

The Press is in Key West, Florida, with Anna, Ben, and Alice Frantzdale and Molly Waring of Littleton Road. The cover photo of the issue they’re holding shows Alice and Anna helping to break ground for the new Hildreth Elementary School.

Estonia

From left: Rein and Anu Pirn of Orchard Hill and former Fairbank Street residents Mimmu and Jim Sloan, now of Finland, meet in Estonia with the Press to catch up on Harvard news.

Thailand

The Press is at the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand, with the Pepin family of Brown Road. From left: Nathan, Timmy, Ron, Linsey, Luc, and Luke Pepin.

India

Ari and Uma Samsi of Westcott Road take the Press along on a camel ride in Jaipur, India.

Alaska

Nick and Cary Browse of Still River are with the Press in Halibut Cove, across Kachemak Bay from Homer in southern Alaska.

Australia

From left: Michael, Nathan, and J Woolcock of Littleton Road read the Press on Nathan’s 16th birthday at Point Lookout, North Stradbroke Island, in Queensland, Australia.

Yukon Territory

Seventh-grader Nathan Bowen reads the Press in the Yukon Territory ... 10 miles from Iron Creek; 3,321 miles from Harvard.

Jersey Shore

Tom Gibbons of Slough Road poses with the Press at the Jersey shore.

Alaska

Bromfield 7th grader Jacob Furmanick reads the Press in Tok, Alaska.

Iceland

From left: Maddy, Hugh, Laura, and Josie Silk of Oak Hill Road pose with the Press at Hjálparfoss waterfall in southern Iceland.

France

Patrick and Marijke Vallaeys of South Shaker Road are at a 13th-century church in Montagnac-sur-Lède in southwestern France with their 21st-century Harvard Press.