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

In 'Homeland,' n+1 writer Richard Beck excavates the War on Terror

How the War on Terror reshaped American life

by Nina Pasquini

The Friendship of Helen Vendler and Seamus Heaney

Seamus Heaney writes to Helen Vendler.

Fall Book Recommendations from Harvard Authors

Democratic organizing, “architectural grafting,” the Constitution, offshore wealth, and other new books

Harvard Author Behind Afrofuturist Trilogy “Blood and Bone”

The reality-based fantasies of novelist Tomi Adeyemi

by Lydialyle Gibson

How Was Brooklyn Bridge Park Planned?

Michael Van Valkenburgh and the making of Brooklyn Bridge Park

Harvard Books on Monet, Free Time, Food, and More

Painting with Monet, birding with Thoreau, and other recent books

Harvard Professor on Printmaking

An art historian analyzes an overlooked medium.

by Murray Whyte

American Citizenship Through Photography

How photographs promote social justice

by Nina Pasquini

A New Norton Anthology of World Literature Reimagines the Global Literary Tradition

A new Norton Anthology, edited by Harvard’s Martin Puchner, reimagines the global literary tradition. 

by Nina Pasquini

A New Chapter for Harvard Arts

The Office for the Arts turns 50, and its longtime director steps down.

by Lydialyle Gibson