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
Our Towns
James ’70 and Deborah Fallows ’71 explore “what the hell is happening in America.”
by Lincoln Caplan
Tyrant Tales
Stephen Greenblatt mines Shakespeare to interpret modern times.
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
The Academic Heights
The former University of Chicago president and Harvard Corporation fellow crafts a timely memoir.
by John S. Rosenberg
Chapter & Verse
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Comedy Compulsion
TV writer Nell Scovell looks back on Just the Funny Parts.
by Sophia Nguyen
Can Science Justify Itself?
Steven Pinker’s Enlightenment Now defends science from modern-day foes.
by Ada Palmer
Slaves’ “Private Arenas”
The power and legacy of African-American folktales
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
Chapter & Verse
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words