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
Feeding an Addiction
Enlisting the food industry in the fight against obesity
Letters & Letterman
Bill Scheft ‘79 writes comedy for David Letterman, as well as novels.
Cultures in Conflict
Paul M. Barrett reviews “Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam, and the West,” by Christopher Caldwell ’83
The Tall Book, by Arianne Cohen, describes the lives of tall people.
Arianne Cohen ’03 celebrates “life from on high” in a new book that discusses tall people's perspectives and prospects.
The Bible and the Almanac
How Pete Seeger got his start: an excerpt from Alec Wilkinson's new biography, The Protest Singer
Music, Taken Personally
A music critic reviews composer John Adams’s memoir.
Chapter & Verse
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Vistas of Perfection
A profile of writer James Agee, at Harvard and beyond
by Adam Kirsch
Chasing Bogeys
A novel book on golf
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections