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
Panic in the Year Zero: A Poem by D.A. Powell
A poem by D.A. Powell, from the 2010 Phi Beta Kappa Literary Exercises. [audio]
2010 Phi Beta Kappa Literary Exercises with Natalie Zemon Davis and D.A. Powell
Historian Natalie Zemon Davis speaks on "The Possibilities of Friendship." Also featuring poet D.A. Powell with a vivid new work. [video/audio]
Skyscrapers as symbols
In Tall Building: Imagining the Skyscraper, Scott Johnson explores the semiotics of these urban giants.
David Warsh reviews Robert J. Samuelson's The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath
David Warsh reviews Robert J. Samuelson's The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath
by David Warsh
The Green-Pea Memo
Poking fun “at the academic-bureaucratic mentality of university life”
Recent books with Harvard connections
Recent books with Harvard connections
Quotation Q & A
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Gutenberg 2.0: What future for libraries?
Harvard’s libraries deal with disruptive change.
Libraries in the digital era: links to Harvard collections and a humorous video
Highlights from the digital collections of the Harvard libraries, and video humor
A special edition of J.K. Rowling's 2008 Harvard speech includes Braille words
Francie Randolph ’87 has combined Braille and J.K. Rowling's 2008 Harvard address to create a limited-edition book.