Books & Literary Life
Literary criticism, author interviews, and book culture from within and beyond Harvard.
In her memoir All That's Unseen, Emilee Hackney explores religion, friendship, and home.
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
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
Yellow Wolf's Silence: The Untold Nez Perce War Story
Brief life of a Native American witness to history: c. 1855-1935
Harvard Business professor Mihir A. Desai ties finance to the humanities
A Business School professor ties finance and humanities together.
A natural history of Martha’s Vineyard, and other books with Harvard connections
A natural history of Martha’s Vineyard, and other books with Harvard connections
Review of Daniel Ziblatt, “Conservative Political Parties”
Scholarly lessons from Europe prove pertinent today.