Books & Literary Life
Literary criticism, author interviews, and book culture from within and beyond Harvard.
These Harvard Mountaineers Braved Denali’s Wall of Ice
John Graham’s Denali Diary documents a dangerous and historic climb.
Lincoln Caplan reviews “When Should Law Forgive?” by Martha Minow
…and don’t always forgive
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
David Damrosch promotes world literature
David Damrosch’s literary global reach
Adella Hunt Logan
Brief life of a rebellious black suffragist: 1863-1915
Excerpt from “Transaction Man” by Nicholas Lemann
“The rise of the deal and the decline of the American dream”
Excerpt from “The Soul of Care” by Arthur Kleinman
A medical anthropologist cares for his Alzheimer’s-stricken wife.
Recent books with Harvard connections
Recent books with Harvard connections
Ann Forsyth reviews “Saving America’s Cities” by Lizabeth Cohen
In the history of urban renewal, a glimmer of the possibilities of social policy today
by Ann Forsyth