Books & Literary Life
Literary criticism, author interviews, and book culture from within and beyond Harvard.
America’s Past, Opera's Future: 11 New Books from Harvard Authors
These newly released novels, histories, and memoirs grapple with identity in all its forms.
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
Harvardians awarded National Humanities Medals and National Book nominations
Last week, three Harvard affiliates were awarded the National Humanities Medal and eight were long-listed for the National Book Awards.
“Illuminated manuscripts in Boston collections” displayed in three-site exhibit
A new exhibit highlights how medieval monasticism’s “cult of the book” transmitted beauty and knowledge to the modern world.
An insider's look at "The Harvard Advocate" at its sesquicentennial
The Harvard Advocate turns 150.
Profile of political philosopher Nancy Rosenblum
Nancy Rosenblum studies neighbors and the power of proximity.
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