Books & Literary Life
Literary criticism, author interviews, and book culture from within and beyond Harvard.
Making Money Funny
Matt Levine’s spunky Bloomberg column
by Max J. Krupnick
Family History
A German American scholar is unsettled by an ancestor’s secret.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Chapter & Verse
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
Yearning for an Upswing
In search of optimism, a sweeping interpretation of American social history
by Idrees Kahloon
Off the Ice, Onto the Screen
Bill Keenan ’09 brings his first book onto the screen.
by Gary Santaniello
“A Kind of Justice in the World”
Ian K. Smith’s turn toward detective fiction
by Lydialyle Gibson
Chapter & Verse
A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words
The Fire in “A Burning”
Megha Majumdar’s novel of India resonates in the United States.
by Lydialyle Gibson
No One Deserves a Spot at Harvard
Michael Sandel makes the case against meritocracy.
by Spencer Lee Lenfield
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections