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.
“Tightrope,” by Kristof and WuDunn, reviewed by Allison Pugh
Americans diminished by “social poverty”
by Allison Pugh
David Barrett reports on New York City’s birds
A quest to chronicle New York City’s avian community
Walter Johnson writes about “The Broken Heart of America”
Walter Johnson’s radical history of St. Louis
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
Brief life of a breakthrough astronomer: 1900-1979
Rebecca Henderson, “Reimagining Capitalism” to save the planet
The Business School’s Rebecca Henderson reimagines capitalism to save the planet.
Recent books with Harvard connections
Recent books with Harvard connections
At Home with Harvard: The Literary Life
Our editors curate their favorite literary stories in Harvard Magazine.
Lizabeth Cohen Bancroft Prize
The urban historian is honored—for the second time.
Ghost Stories for the Apocalypse
Ken Liu’s speculative fiction on maintaining and transcending humanity
The Emily Dickinson Museum
Delving into the world of Emily Dickinson