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
How to Read a Russian Poem
Professor Stephanie Sandler teaches Osip Mandelstam's "Wasps," and the power of listening.
by Sophia Nguyen
An Expert on Sharing
Tara Altebrando ’92 is the coauthor of a timely book.
by Nu Xiong
Ensnared
From personal catastrophe to enforced poverty
by John S. Rosenberg
Chapter & Verse
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
Tibetan Literature, Digitized
Harvard Library helps preserve Tibet’s literary heritage.
by Francesca Annic...
Loeb Classical Library 1.0
A digital “rebirth” for the series of Greek and Roman classics
by Francesca Annic...
Bears, Oars, Metaphors
Novelist and outdoorsman John Casey’s two new books look at teaching writing and his athletic exploits.
by Craig Lambert
The Brink of Revolution
In Uncertain Justice, Laurence Tribe and Joshua Matz examine the current Supreme Court.
Vita: Francis Parkman
Brief life of America’s epic historian: 1823-1893