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.
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
Recent books with Harvard connections
Recent books with Harvard connections
From Susan Ware, a new story of U.S. women’s suffrage struggle
Fresh portraits of U.S. foot soldiers for women’s right to vote
Excerpt from Anne Harrington’s “Mind Fixers”
A history of psychiatry’s troubled search for the biology of mental illness
Min Jin Lee on Her New Novel and Writing about the Korean Diaspora
“I worry a great deal about how Koreans are perceived,” the author says.