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
New Books from Harvard Authors
From French philosophers to British radicals, these titles explore the tension between ideas and action, featuring bold arguments along the way.
The Year a Beat Poet Squatted at Harvard
In 1954, Gregory Corso moved into Eliot House. How he stayed there is a literary legend.
Tara Menon’s Debut Novel Combines Friendship, Grief, and Climate Disaster
The popular Harvard English professor published Under Water this spring.
In Searing New Memoir, Emilee Hackney Struggles to Find Home
All That’s Unseen charts the Harvard graduate’s uneasy journey from Appalachia to Cambridge and back.
New Books from Harvard Authors
Diets, bull kelp forests, Black creativity, and more
What is a Glorian? You’ll Know It When You See It
Author and Harvard Divinity School writer-in-residence Terry Tempest Williams finds beauty in the world around us.
Shakespeare and Stephen King Have a Lot in Common
Shakespeare scholar Caroline Bicks studies horror and fear in literature.
Radcliffe Institute Announces 2026-2027 Fellows
Scholars will tap Harvard’s intellectual resources during the coming academic year.
For This Poet, AI Is a Writing Partner
Sasha Stiles trained a chatbot on her manuscripts. Now, her poems rewrite themselves.
New Books from Harvard Authors
Bad Bunny, spider fears, healthcare policy, and more