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
The Ideology of Settler Colonialism and Israel-Palestine
A critical analysis of “settler colonialism”
Recent Books with Harvard Connections January 2024
Recent books about Iraq, academic writing, John Singer Sargent, “eldercide,” and more
Redefining Race as Ethnicity
The expansive literary scholarship of Werner Sollors
Recent Books with Harvard Connections: November-December 2024
Books about the art and science of eating, on being Zen, helping youngsters grow up, and more
Henry Hobson Richardson: Architect of Harvard's Iconic Austin and Sever Halls
Invaluable architectural archive published at last
Edwin Frank Explores the 20th-Century Novel in 'Stranger Than Fiction'
A book about books—and the protagonist is the twentieth-century novel itself.
Higher Education Reform and the SAT
Nicholas Lemann on revising standardized testing to address real educational needs
In 'Homeland,' n+1 writer Richard Beck excavates the War on Terror
How the War on Terror reshaped American life
The Friendship of Helen Vendler and Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney writes to Helen Vendler.
Fall Book Recommendations from Harvard Authors
Democratic organizing, “architectural grafting,” the Constitution, offshore wealth, and other new books