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: November-December 2024
Books about the art and science of eating, on being Zen, helping youngsters grow up, and more
Henry Hobson Richardson: Architect of Harvard's Iconic Austin and Sever Halls
Invaluable architectural archive published at last
Edwin Frank Explores the 20th-Century Novel in 'Stranger Than Fiction'
A book about books—and the protagonist is the twentieth-century novel itself.
Higher Education Reform and the SAT
Nicholas Lemann on revising standardized testing to address real educational needs
In 'Homeland,' n+1 writer Richard Beck excavates the War on Terror
How the War on Terror reshaped American life
The Friendship of Helen Vendler and Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney writes to Helen Vendler.
Learning the Trees of North America
A monumental new guide to North American species
Fall Book Recommendations from Harvard Authors
Democratic organizing, “architectural grafting,” the Constitution, offshore wealth, and other new books
Harvard Author Behind Afrofuturist Trilogy “Blood and Bone”
The reality-based fantasies of novelist Tomi Adeyemi
How Was Brooklyn Bridge Park Planned?
Michael Van Valkenburgh and the making of Brooklyn Bridge Park