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
Civil Rights in the American West
A new book chronicles one man’s quest for a Black state.
Being Undocumented in America
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio’s writing aims to challenge assumptions.
New Books with Harvard Connections
From TikTok to hip hop to the solar revolution
Bringing Korean Stories to Life
Composer Julia Riew writes the musicals she needed to see.
Shakespeare’s Greatest Rival
Without Christopher Marlowe, there might not have been a Bard.
Matt Levine's Bloomberg Finance Column Makes Money Funny
Matt Levine’s spunky Bloomberg column
Will the U.S. Dollar Always Be So Powerful?
The preeminence of U.S. currency at risk
Harvard Summer Reading Picks | 2025
The wealth gap, shamanism, the life of David Nathan, and more
David Leo Rice on 'The Berlin Wall'
David Leo Rice explores the strange, unseen forces shaping our world.
A Magna Carta at Harvard Law School
A rare original surfaces at Harvard at an “almost providential” moment.