Books & Literary Life
Literary criticism, author interviews, and book culture from within and beyond Harvard.
The Artist Edward Gorey—and Pets—at Harvard
Winter exhibits at Houghton Library
Harvard Percussionist and Composer Jessie Cox
An experimental percussionist-composer pushing the limits of music
Abraham Verghese Named Harvard Commencement Speaker
Physician and author will address the graduation exercises May 29.
Recent Publications Harvard Authors Spring 2025
Artmaking under duress, designing the UN HQ, Booker White’s blues, and more
The Supreme Court and Mass Incarceration
A legal scholar’s harsh assessment of the Supreme Court’s rulings on crime
Leslie Jamison on Isolation, Empathy, and Selfhood
The essayist on isolation, empathy, and selfhood
Essays from Edward Tenner
Essayist Edward Tenner on technology’s pitfalls
Bill Gates on AI and Innovation
At Harvard, the Microsoft co-founder discusses his biography—and artificial intelligence.
Poet and lawyer Reginald Dwayne Betts on Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy
Poet and lawyer Reginald Dwayne Betts on Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy
Jimmy Carter and James Agee ’32
Why this “sovereign prince of the English language” touched the president’s heart
History and Love in Haiti
Alumna Nadine Pinede’s young-adult novel—in verse