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
Beyond Brahminism
How Richard Henry Dana Jr. came to hate slavery and injustice
Off the Shelf
Recent books cover the origins of mambo, American economic growth, cancer, landscape, and more
The Elephant in the Cutting Room
A writer balances structure and spontaneity in her latest novel.
by Aria Thaker
Mapping the Ganges
A decade spent exploring India’s dynamic sacred river
by Nell Porter-Brown
Sea Sex
Channeling Valentine’s Day—and sustainable oceans—via sexy sea creatures
Chapter and Verse
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
What Ails the Academy?
American higher education and its discontents
by John S. Rosenberg
The Civilizing Art
The poetry of John Milton
Chronicler of Two Americas
Now in his second century, the uncommon Daniel Aaron remains at work.
by Christoph Irmscher