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
"I want one more shot!": profile of TV writer Nell Scovell
TV writer Nell Scovell looks back on Just the Funny Parts.
Can Science Justify Itself?
Steven Pinker’s Enlightenment Now defends science from modern-day foes.
by Ada Palmer
Alain Locke as activist aesthete
Rediscovering Alain Locke and the project of black self-realization
by Adam Kirsch
Excerpt from "The Annotated African American Folktales"
The power and legacy of African-American folktales
Recent books with Harvard connections
Recent books with Harvard connections
Chapter and verse quotation-citation correspondence site
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
“Gorey’s World” at the Wadsworth Atheneum
Edward Gorey’s own art collection at the Wadsworth Atheneum
Chapter and verse quotation-citation correspondence site
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Off the Shelf: Recent Books with Harvard Connections
Recent books with Harvard connections