Books & Literary Life
Literary criticism, author interviews, and book culture from within and beyond Harvard.
How Adam Ehrlich Sachs Writes Absurd and Beautiful Fiction
The Gretel and the Great War author on how the Lampoon derailed his science career—and set him on a literary path.
by Eric Olson
A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words
A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words
“Tightrope,” by Kristof and WuDunn, reviewed by Allison Pugh
Americans diminished by “social poverty”
by Allison Pugh
At Home with Harvard: The Literary Life
Our editors curate their favorite literary stories in Harvard Magazine.
Lizabeth Cohen Bancroft Prize
The urban historian is honored—for the second time.
Ghost Stories for the Apocalypse
Ken Liu’s speculative fiction on maintaining and transcending humanity
The Emily Dickinson Museum
Delving into the world of Emily Dickinson
Chapter & Verse
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Excerpt from Adam Cohen, “Supreme Inequality”
A thumb on the scales
Profile of novelist Yangsze Choo
Malaysian-born Yangsze Choo writes novels infused with the tropical mysteries of her childhood.
Rare books at risk
Consequences of book-breaking