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
Off the Shelf
Fireflies, dating and love, growing old, and other recent books with Harvard connections
How America Grew
Definitive economic history—and a debatable, despairing forecast
by Shane Greenstein
Chapter & Verse
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Presidents, Congress, and Foreign Policy
Political scientists demystify unseen institutional tensions.
University People
A new dean for public health, a new director for the art museums, and more
The Egalitarian
Danielle Allen’s mission to return equality to the heart of American democracy
by Spencer Lee Lenfield
“When You Hear These Lectures, They're All Me”
This week, Nobel laureate Toni Morrison concluded her Norton Lecture series on race and literature—and made a presidential endorsement.
by Sophia Nguyen
The Complete Works of Du Fu, China’s Shakespeare, Published in English
Conant University Professor Stephen Owen spent 10 years translating the poet’s 1,400 surviving poems.
by Jonathan Shaw
Teaching Humanities at West Point
Elizabeth D. Samet ’91 melds literature and leadership in her classes for the cadets.
by John S. Rosenberg
School Slice: Freshman Seminar
The students in Jerome Groopman’s “Insights from Narratives of Illness” wrestle with the profound.
by Lydialyle Gibson