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.
A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Recent books with Harvard connections
Recent books with Harvard connections
Review of new Putnam and Garrett book, “The Upswing,” by Idrees Kahloon
In search of optimism, a sweeping interpretation of American social history
Gifts for the arts
Holiday gifts that support the arts
Ross Douthat’s conservative conservatism, a profile by Lydialyle Gibson
New York Times columnist Ross Douthat’s journey through American decadence and upheaval
Lorenzo Tañada
Brief life of a Philippine patriot: 1898-1992
Bill Keenan ’09 Releases Hockey Movie
Bill Keenan ’09 brings his first book onto the screen.
Excerpt from “Exercised,” by Daniel E. Lieberman
A biological anthropologist explains why and how exercise works to combat senescence.
Constitutional scholar Noah Feldman profiled by Lincoln Caplan
Harvard Law School professor Noah Feldman’s constitutionalism is a branch of the humanities.
Excerpt from “Higher Education,” by Derek Bok
Derek Bok on curriculum reform