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 with Harvard connections
Diana Eck on Hindus' sacred geography India
Diana Eck on Hindus' sacred geography
Leonce Gaiter's Western novel describes violence in 1890s Indian Territory
A gritty Western depicts a brief, violent crusade.
William Stuntz, late Harvard law professor, on American criminal justice
America’s flawed criminal justice system
A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words
A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words
Jonathan Galassi declares himself gay in "Left-handed," a book of poetry
In a new book of poems, high-ranking editor Jonathan Galassi ’71 alludes to his homosexuality.
New York Times reviews Theda Skocpol and Vanessa Williams book on the Tea Party
A new book by Harvard scholars Theda Skocpol and Vanessa Williamson attracts attention as the presidential primary season begins.
Brontë magazine, similar to Harvard holdings, sold
Manuscript, sold for $1.1 million, leaves England; magazine complements books in Harvard collection.
Brontë juvenilia in Houghton Library at Harvard
Miniature manuscript books by Charlotte Brontë
Peter Sellars at Adams House, and an Upstairs at the Pudding restaurant girlhood
An Upstairs at the Pudding girlhood, and undergraduate impresario Peter Sellars at Adams House