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
"20 States On Wheels”—a Harvard students’ guide to wheelchair travel
In 20 States On Wheels, Harvard students celebrate wheelchair travel.
by Zara Zhang
Erin Moore clarifies Britishisms and Americanisms in "That's Not English"
Erin Moore ’98 clarifies Britishisms and Americanisms in That’s Not English.
by Zara Zhang
"Wonder Woman" veteran Cliff Chiang delivers an original series, "Paper Girls"
A comics artist tries his hand at a new story.
Ceridwen Dovey discusses "Only the Animals," her new book
What animals can teach us
Excerpt from Alexandra Petri, "A Field Guide to Awkward Silences"
A Harvard humorist reveals her superpower.
Chapter and verse quotation-citation correspondence site
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Recent books with Harvard connections
Olmsted's parks, Putin and Ukraine, climate shock, and more
"mathematics without apologies," by Michael Harris, reviewed by Avner Ash
Two practitioners consider the enterprise of pure mathematics.
by Avner Ash
Talking with Mia Alvar, author of “In the Country”
The fiction writer talks about her short-story collection, In the Country.
Harvard’s Houghton Library chronicles 150 years of “Alice in Wonderland”
Houghton Library exhibition chronicles 150 years of Alice in Wonderland.
by Zara Zhang