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
"Hot Time in the Old Town": New York City's Deadly Heat Wave of 1896
Edward Kohn ’90, a historian at Bilkent University, shows how the crisis influenced the political careers of Theodore Roosevelt and William Jennings Bryan.
Harvard Headlines: Astronaut, Consumer Advocate, Economist, Terrorism Expert
Stephanie Wilson, Elizabeth Warren, Kenneth Rogoff, and Jessica Stern in the headlines
Echo Chamber—and Amplifier
Adam Kirsch reviews The Art of the Sonnet, by Stephen Burt and David Mikics
by Adam Kirsch
Education for the Soul
Why democracy needs the humanities
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
Lessons in Surprise
What Admiral Yamamoto learned at Harvard, and a new community garden
Curating Murders
Alfred Alcorn ’64 sets his Harvard-flavored murder mysteries in one of his favorite places: a museum. With audio from an interview with Alcorn.
by Craig Lambert
Fifteen Percent of Immortality
Andrew Wylie '70 runs a powerful literary agency that mixes hardball business and highbrow tastes. With audio from an interview with Wylie.
by Craig Lambert
Updike's Literary Archive: Sneak Preview
Taking a look at the Houghton Library holdings
Harvard Headlines: Childhood, Unorthodox History of Science, and Lordship in the Twelfth Century
Three recent reviews of books by Harvard-affiliated scholars (two faculty members and one alumnus).