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.
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.
The 2022 Pulitzer Prizes
Erin Kelly and Salamishah Tillet honored for “searing” and “stylish” writing in biography and criticism
Harvard Horizons Spotlights Seven Scholars
Ph.D. students discuss subjects from aliens to infrastructural aesthetics.
by Jacob Sweet
Architectural Upheaval
A comprehensive examination of avant-garde architecture
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
Realities of Empire
A new history indicts the British imperium.
The Broken Social Contract
Danielle Allen on America’s broken social contract
Tracy K. Smith to Speak at Harvard Alumni Day
An alumna and faculty member at a new Harvard tradition
Fugitive Pedagogy
Jarvis Givens rediscovers the underground history of black schooling.