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.
al-Hariri, a master storyteller
Brief life of a master storyteller
The Racial Tensions That Roiled Texas
Annette Gordon-Reed on the real history of Texas, and Juneteenth
Arabic translator Marilyn Booth
Marilyn Booth translates Arabic literature for Anglophone readers.
Recent books with Harvard connections
Recent books with Harvard connections
Secretaries’ role in history of information
From a huge new book on the history of information, an excerpt on the role of secretaries
Novelist Maggie Shipstead and “Great Circle”
Maggie Shipstead’s time-spanning, globe-circling new novel
by Dan Kelly
An intellectual history of the Cold War era
In a new book, Louis Menand probes the cultural currents of postwar America.
An innovative gate for Harvard Yard
At Houghton and Lamont libraries, a creative new entry into the Yard
by Jacob Sweet
A monumental book reveals a monumental work of art
Nicholas Callaway publishes the Sistine Chapel in closeup.
Excerpt from “Shoddy,” by Hanna Rose Shell
“From Devil’s Dust to the Renaissance of Rags”—a surprising account of scrap