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
Random House Wins Standoff
Random House publishers has won a battle with literary agent Andrew Wylie over e-book rights.
Mindful Munching
Applying ancient Buddhist mindfulness techniques to eating in the modern world
by Cara Feinberg
On Babies' Behavior
Pediatrician T. Berry Brazelton's breakthrough in understanding newborns as complex, capable beings
A Garden of Prose
Francine Prose writes fiction and nonfiction in many forms. With an audio clip of the author discussing her writing process.
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
In the Wake of War
Father and son, lawyer and philosopher debate torture, surveillance, and presidential power
by Charles Fried , Gregory Fried
Stories from Botswana
In a new book, Max Essex and Unity Dow use stories to illuminate the science of HIV.
"The Fires": How Mathematical Modeling Nearly Burned Down New York
In a new book, Joe Flood ’04 tells the story of the epidemic of fires that ravaged New York City in the 1970s.
Innovator David Edwards’s New Book on “Artscience” Labs
The Lab: Creativity and Culture sets forth a vision of multidisciplinary innovation.
Andrew Wylie Announces E-book Venture
The literary agent's plan to produce e-books and sell them via amazon.com causes a stir in the publishing world.