Books & Literary Life
Literary criticism, author interviews, and book culture from within and beyond Harvard.
Tara Menon’s Debut Novel Combines Friendship, Grief, and Climate Disaster
The popular Harvard English professor published Under Water this spring.
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
Francis Su, “Mathematics for Human Flourishing,” review by Jacob Barandes
Teaching and learning math as a human endeavor
The Map Room Tea Lounge at BPL
The Boston Public Library’s cozy winter hideout
Lawrence Lessig Delivers a Prescription for Reforming American Democracy
How to reform voting and elections in the United States to create a representative democracy
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Excerpt from Jack Goldsmith, “In Hoffa’s Shadow”
A new look at “one of the greatest unsolved crimes in American history”
Excerpt from “What We Talk About When We Talk about Books” by Leah Price
A visit to the Harvard Depository