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
Chapter & Verse
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Excerpt from Adam Cohen, “Supreme Inequality”
A thumb on the scales
Profile of novelist Yangsze Choo
Malaysian-born Yangsze Choo writes novels infused with the tropical mysteries of her childhood.
Rare books at risk
Consequences of book-breaking
Karl May, best-selling German novelist
Brief life of a myth-making writer: 1842-1912
Playwright Antoinette Nwandu, profiled
Playwright Antoinette Nwandu confronts race, religion, and her personal history.
Houghton unveils TS Eliot letter about his muse Emily Hale
A bombshell letter from modernist poet T.S. Eliot, 50 years after his death
Excerpt from Jeff Madrick, “Invisible Americans”
The world’s richest nation tolerates “basically the highest child poverty rates in the developed world.”
Excerpt from Rosabeth Moss Kanter “Think Outside the Building”
In her new book, Rosabeth Moss Kanter thinks “outside the building.”
Recent books with Harvard connections
Recent books with Harvard connections