Books & Literary Life
Literary criticism, author interviews, and book culture from within and beyond Harvard.
Being Undocumented In America
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio’s writing aims to challenge assumptions.
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
A Democracy of Opportunity
Liberals must learn from conservatives how to interpret the Constitution in all its dimensions.
Notes On Doctoring
Michael Stanley and the covenant of medicine
Houghton Library Features Children’s Books In Opening Exhibit
“Animals Are Us” contextualizes Houghton’s new treasures.
by Jacob Sweet
"“I Am Talking to the Part of You That Does Not Speak”
Artist Laurie Anderson delivers her fifth virtual Norton Lecture on Wednesday.
The Renovated Harvard Coop
Adapting to new conditions—but books are still a “core business”
Life after Brain Injury
Alumna Carolyn Gold on finding a “new self” after West Nile encephalitis
How Myth and Memoir Intertwine
Elisabeth Sharp McKetta ’01 finds truth in the border between fact and fiction.
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
Getting Close to the Past
A powerful public history of slavery in America