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
Professor of Organizational Behavior Paul Lawrence Dies
The pioneering professor at Harvard Business School died November 1 at age 89.
“In the Bee-Loud Glade”
The Innisfree Poetry Bookstore and Café in Boulder, Colorado, sells beverages, pastries, and poetry—nothing else.
Off the Shelf
Gordon S. Wood on the birth of the United States, Steven Pinker on declining violence, Jack M. Balkin on "Living Originalism," and a dozen others whose recent books have Harvard connections
America as Argentina
Menzie Chinn and Jeffry Frieden review recent U.S. economic woes in the context of the “capital flow cycle.”
Spheres of Knowledge
An exhibition at the Sackler reveals the connections among Renaissance art, invention, and the evolution of science.
by Jennifer Carling , Jonathan Shaw
On Discovering Drugs
David Nathan reviews Brent R. Stockwell's "The Quest for the Cure"
“The Swerve,” by Stephen Greenblatt, Named a National Book Awards Finalist
The Cogan University Professor's recent book, and works by other Harvard authors, reach the finals of the prestigious competition.
Steve Jobs Biographer Is Harvard Overseer
Walter Isaacson ’74 wrote the official biography of the Apple co-founder, to be released October 24.
Putting Stock in Your Doc
In Your Medical Mind, Jerome Groopman and Pamela Hartzband write about beliefs and medical choices.
A Sino-American “Contest for Supremacy”
Aaron L. Friedberg writes that the U.S.-China power balance is a cause for concern.