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.
Open Book: An excerpt from “Pedagogues and Protestors” by Conrad Edick Wright
The diary of a “unexceptional collegian”—attending class, or not
Joan C. Williams on "class cluelessness"—a book review by Andrea Louise Campbell
A review of Joan Williams’s powerful book on the resentments reshaping American politics
Recent books with Harvard connections
Beach reading, the West, segregation, gardening with children, and more
Chapter and verse quotation-citation correspondence site
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
"Poetry, Voiced": diving into the sound archive of the Woodberry Poetry Room
In the Woodberry Poetry Room, a landmark audio collection waits to be heard.
Tahmima Anam's "The Bones of Grace" excavates history and family
Tahmima Anam’s Bengal trilogy finds a resting place.
In “Renga for Obama,” an exquisite corpse and a literary wake
Harvard Review editor Major Jackson, RI ’07, linked 200 poets in this verse tribute to the president.
Terence Davies captures Emily Dickinson's life and spirit in "A Quiet Passion"
In his film A Quiet Passion, Terence Davies illuminates Emily Dickinson’s daily life and eternal poetry.
Fahrenthold, Whitehead, and Desmond Win Pulitzer Prizes
Journalist, novelist, and social scientist honored
by Oset Babür
Harvard Undergraduate columnist on exclusive organizations
The Undergraduate wrestles with The Advocate’s exclusive comp process.