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
Edward S. Steinfeld reviews Ezra Vogel’s “China and Japan: Facing History”
The parallel, perilous, histories of China and Japan
Chapter and verse quotation-citation correspondence site
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
MV Mycological’s shiitakes
The farmers at MV Mycological hope so.
Nieman Fellow Eliza Griswold Wins Pulitzer Prize
Her book Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America is the choice in general nonfiction.
by Jacob Sweet
Chapter and verse quotation-citation correspondence site
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Naturalist Mark W. Moffett, author of “The Human Swarm”
Naturalist Mark W. Moffett investigates insects—and now, evolving human societies.
Rafael Campo of HMS: a profile by Lydialyle Gibson
Rafael Campo’s compassionate care
Justice Holmes, presented by Stephen Budiansky and Lincoln Caplan
A new biography of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. illuminates the Supreme Court during the centennial of his most momentous dissent.
Excerpt from “Furious Hours,” by Casey Cep
Casey Cep’s debut book, on a murder trial and Harper Lee
Graphic novelist Amy Chu
Graphic novelist Amy Chu