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
The Way of The Blockbuster
In entertainment, big bets on likely winners rule.
by Craig Lambert
Extracting the Woodchuck
Robert Frost’s “doubleness,” revealed in his letters—and poems.
by Adam Kirsch
A Novel Refracting Harvard History
Joanna Hershon marshaled period details from the 1960s
by Spencer Lee Lenfield
Mathematics in “The Simpsons”
Simon Singh’s new book reveals multiple math references in the show and reveals their Harvard sources.
Gail Collins on “When Everything Changed”
The New York Times columnist speaks on the rapid revolution wrought by feminism.
Harvardians Short-listed for National Book Awards
Professor Jill Lepore and three alumni are recognized.
Words of Wisdom
HBS’s Class of 1963 reflects on the occasion of their fiftieth reunion.
Snuggle Time
Petting zoo on the Plaza, a Harvard/Yale man, and a late-blooming novelist
Centuries of Flowers
A rare collection of blooms housed at Dumbarton Oaks
by Craig Lambert
Chapter & Verse
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words