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
Recent books with Harvard connections
Recent books cover the origins of mambo, American economic growth, cancer, landscape, and more
Tania James’s dueling artistic impulses
A writer balances structure and spontaneity in her latest novel.
by Aria Thaker
Architect Anthony Acciavatti’s work mapping the Ganges River
A decade spent exploring India’s dynamic sacred river
Chapter and verse quotation-citation correspondence site
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Recent books with Harvard connections
Recent books with Harvard connections
Reviews of four books on what ails American higher education
American higher education and its discontents
The Poetry of John Milton
The poetry of John Milton
Daniel Aaron is profiled by Christoph Irmscher
Now in his second century, the uncommon Daniel Aaron remains at work.
Adam Freudenheim brings world literature to young Anglophones
A publisher brings world literature to young Anglophones.
Ezra Pound's "Bloody Sestina" exhibit by Damon Krukowski at Carpenter Center
A Carpenter Center exhibition traces the history of a once-banned poem.