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.
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.
Brief life of Alan Seeger, poet and soldier in World War I
Brief live of a premonitory poet: 1888-1916
Open Book: Bruegel’s Crowd Paintings
Crowd painting that attracts crowds.
Profile of poet Jean Valentine
Poet Jean Valentine on literary companionship
Recent books with Harvard Connections
Recent books with Harvard connections
Fusion fantasy: a profile of translator and fiction writer Ken Liu
Ken Liu’s hybrid fiction crosses oceans and galaxies.
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.