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
Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison Delivers the 2016 Norton Lectures
The distinguished writer delivered the first of six lectures on slavery, racism, and “the literature of belonging.”
by Sophia Nguyen
Ross Gay Finds the Right Ground at the Radcliffe Institute
What “unabashed gratitude” means for a black poet
by Lydialyle Gibson
The Mammalian Life Span
E.O. Wilson on why the human species ought to be a little humble
Exact Changes
The many pursuits of musicians Damon & Naomi
by Lydialyle Gibson
Chapter & Verse
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
The “Little Republics”
Thomas Jefferson's “fractal” view of American self-governance
by Susan Dunn
Elbow Room
How the Dark Room Collective made space for a generation of African-American writers
by Sophia Nguyen
Parachute Specialist
Job counselor Dick Bolles ’50 keeps “chugging away.”
by Bailey Trela
Chapter & Verse
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words