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. 

by Nina Pasquini

Excerpt from Mirim Udel’s book “Honey on the Page”

Miriam Udel’s passion for children and Yiddish children’s literature

Review of Martin Puchner’s “The Language of Thieves”

A German American scholar is unsettled by an ancestor’s secret.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

Recent books with Harvard connections

Recent books with Harvard connections

Review of new Putnam and Garrett book, “The Upswing,” by Idrees Kahloon

In search of optimism, a sweeping interpretation of American social history

by Idrees Kahloon

Gifts for the arts

Holiday gifts that support the arts

by Nell Porter-Brown

Ross Douthat’s conservative conservatism, a profile by Lydialyle Gibson

New York Times columnist Ross Douthat’s journey through American decadence and upheaval

by Lydialyle Gibson

Bill Keenan ’09 Releases Hockey Movie

Bill Keenan ’09 brings his first book onto the screen. 

by Gary Santaniello

Excerpt from “Exercised,” by Daniel E. Lieberman

A biological anthropologist explains why and how exercise works to combat senescence.

by Daniel E. Lieberman

Constitutional scholar Noah Feldman profiled by Lincoln Caplan

Harvard Law School professor Noah Feldman’s constitutionalism is a branch of the humanities.

by Lincoln Caplan