Books & Literary Life
Literary criticism, author interviews, and book culture from within and beyond Harvard.
How Adam Ehrlich Sachs Writes Absurd and Beautiful Fiction
The Gretel and the Great War author on how the Lampoon derailed his science career—and set him on a literary path.
by Eric Olson
The Renovated Harvard Coop
Adapting to new conditions—but books are still a “core business”
Life After Brain Injury
Alumna Carolyn Gold on finding a “new self” after West Nile encephalitis
Supreme Court Brinkmanship
Linda Greenhouse on the 2020-2021 Supreme Court—and the changes to come
How Myth and Memoir Intertwine
Elisabeth Sharp McKetta ’01 finds truth in the border between fact and fiction.
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
Getting Close to the Past
A powerful public history of slavery in America
Namwali Serpell’s Novel-In-Progress
The acclaimed author and English professor will explore mourning and reunion in The Furrows: An Elegy.
Open Book: Hiding in a Tick Mattress
Wilfred Rembert’s escape from a lynching
A Beloved Bengali Poet in Translation
A new book presents a mother and daughter’s final collaboration
Chapter & Verse: Who wrote...?
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words