Books & Literary Life
Literary criticism, author interviews, and book culture from within and beyond Harvard.
Author and Harvard Divinity School writer-in-residence Terry Tempest Williams finds beauty in the world around us.
Three Alumni Named as National Book Award Finalists
An historian, a poet, and a translator
America’s Riven Politics
A Harvard Magazine Q & A with Evan Osnos ’98, author of Wildland: The Making of America’s Fury
A Long Night's Journey in Palestine
William Tamplin, Ph.D. ’20, on the lyricism and secrecy of an Arabic literary pioneer
“A Moral Obligation”
Charles Berlin and 60 years of collecting for Harvard Library
“Fallen to the Depths”
Nicholas Dawidoff’s wrenching account of urban inequity
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
Is the Supreme Court’s Role Undemocratic?
Justice Felix Frankfurter, to great controversy, said yes.
The Blue Garden
Newport's restored landscape
Aiming for Excellence
New books by Harvard experts on college preparation, rankings, student experiences, and institutional strategies
Wendy Lesser's "Threepenny Review:
The revered literary magazine editor discusses the writing (and reading) life.