Books & Literary Life

Literary criticism, author interviews, and book culture from within and beyond Harvard.

Open Book: A New Nuclear Age

Harvard historian Serhii Plokhy’s latest book looks at the rising danger of a new arms race.

Bee hunting with Thomas D. Seeley: an excerpt from "Following the Wild Bees"

Thomas D. Seeley on the craft and science of bee hunting

Off the Shelf

Recent books with Harvard connections

Spy novelist Joseph Finder, on the guilt and gumption that drive his writing

Joseph Finder makes technology the texture of his new thriller, Guilty Minds.

by Bailey Trela

Bowen and McPherson, “Lesson Plan,” reviewed by Clayton Spencer

A focused briefing on degree-attainment, democracy, and economic opportunity

by Clayton Spencer

Chapter and verse quotation-citation correspondence site

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

"Beyond Words" showcases Greater Boston illuminated manuscripts

Little-known treasures from Houghton Library and other collections

by John S. Rosenberg

Profile of political philosopher Nancy Rosenblum

Nancy Rosenblum studies neighbors and the power of proximity.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Novelist Colson Whitehead, profiled by Jesse McCarthy

Colson Whitehead ’91 plays for higher stakes in his new novel.

by Jesse McCarthy

Babar Comes to Houghton Library

Houghton hosts an exhibit of the green suit-wearing French elephant through August 31. 

by Lydialyle Gibson