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

Recent books with Harvard connections

Let the Sonnets Be Unbroken

Neil Rudenstine guides readers through Shakespeare’s lyric masterpiece.

by Spencer Lee Lenfield

Chapter & Verse

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

Honor Roll

Writers and artists who made special contributions to the magazine in 2014

Read All About It

Harvard sports stalwarts from 1963 to 2012 are celebrated in The Third H Book of Harvard Athletics

The “Wild West” of Academic Publishing

The troubled present and promising future of scholarly communication

by Craig Lambert

The New Art Museums, on Your Bookshelf

Lecture celebrates the release of American Art at Harvard, Volume One

A Conversation with Maureen McLane ’89

The poet and critic talks about her teaching, her writing, and her newest book, This Blue, a finalist for the National Book Award.

by Sophia Nguyen

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Recent Books with Harvard connections

Harvardians Long-listed for National Book Awards [Updated]

Eight University affiliates are recognized by the National Book Foundation.