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
Recent books with Harvard Connections
Recent books with Harvard connections
Michael Klarman reinterprets the American founding
The anti-democratic origins of the Constitution
Chapter and verse quotation-citation correspondence site
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Art, history, and food in Providence, R.I.
Car-free fun in downtown Providence
The Art of Protest
“It doesn’t even make sense to me that art and protest would be separate.”
“Presenting Jane," and a youthful summer for the New York School
A rediscovered short film, with new commentary by Jane Freilicher and John Ashbery ’49, Litt.D. ’01, gives a glimpse of the New York School's early days.
James Kloppenberg's masterwork on democracy reviewed
Reviewing a masterwork on the past, and future, of democracy
Chapter and verse quotation-citation correspondence site
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
D.J. and experimental composer Jace Clayton discusses his new book, Uproot.
In Uproot, Jace Clayton ’97 explores technological trends in music around the globe.
The New Bedford Whaling Museum's Moby-Dick marathon
Herman Melville’s epic is “brought to life” in New Bedford, Massachusetts.