Books & Literary Life
Literary criticism, author interviews, and book culture from within and beyond Harvard.
For This Poet, AI is a Writing Partner
Sasha Stiles trained a chatbot on her manuscripts. Now, her poems rewrite themselves.
Recent books with Harvard connections
Recent books with Harvard connections
An intellectual history of the Cold War era
In a new book, Louis Menand probes the cultural currents of postwar America.
An innovative gate for Harvard Yard
At Houghton and Lamont libraries, a creative new entry into the Yard
by Jacob Sweet
A monumental book reveals a monumental work of art
Nicholas Callaway publishes the Sistine Chapel in closeup.
Excerpt from “Shoddy,” by Hanna Rose Shell
“From Devil’s Dust to the Renaissance of Rags”—a surprising account of scrap
Excerpt from “The WEIRDEST People in the World,” by Joseph Henrich
Reinterpreting the distinctive psychology of the human West
“Lone Stars”—an HLS grad’s semi-autobiographical debut novel
Fiction about “the power that comes to us when we uncloset ourselves”
Recent books with Harvard connections
Recent books with Harvard connections
Chapter & Verse
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Profile of Radhika Jones
Radhika Jones at the helm of Vanity Fair