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
Chapter and verse quotation-citation correspondence site
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
D.J. and experimental composer Jace Clayton discusses his new book, Uproot.
In Uproot, Jace Clayton ’97 explores technological trends in music around the globe.
The New Bedford Whaling Museum's Moby-Dick marathon
Herman Melville’s epic is “brought to life” in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
Harvardians awarded National Humanities Medals and National Book nominations
Last week, three Harvard affiliates were awarded the National Humanities Medal and eight were long-listed for the National Book Awards.
“Illuminated manuscripts in Boston collections” displayed in three-site exhibit
A new exhibit highlights how medieval monasticism’s “cult of the book” transmitted beauty and knowledge to the modern world.
Spy novelist Joseph Finder, on the guilt and gumption that drive his writing
Joseph Finder makes technology the texture of his new thriller, Guilty Minds.
by Bailey Trela
Bowen and McPherson, “Lesson Plan,” reviewed by Clayton Spencer
A focused briefing on degree-attainment, democracy, and economic opportunity
Chapter and verse quotation-citation correspondence site
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
"Beyond Words" showcases Greater Boston illuminated manuscripts
Little-known treasures from Houghton Library and other collections
An insider's look at "The Harvard Advocate" at its sesquicentennial
The Harvard Advocate turns 150.