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.
Bowen and McPherson, “Lesson Plan,” reviewed by Clayton Spencer
A focused briefing on degree-attainment, democracy, and economic opportunity
Novelist Colson Whitehead, profiled by Jesse McCarthy
Colson Whitehead ’91 plays for higher stakes in his new novel.
Babar Comes to Houghton Library
Houghton hosts an exhibit of the green suit-wearing French elephant through August 31.
Justin Cronin ’84’s “The City of Mirrors”
Thanks to Harvard, according to a new fantasy epic by Justin Cronin ’84
Harvard hockey player Bill Keenan writes a memoir
The post-Harvard hockey tales of Bill Keenan
by Bailey Trela
Illustrator Andrea Tsurumi, on making art to "fight the shorthand"
In Andrea Tsurumi's comics and illustrated work, life is observed and shown as absurd.
Recent books with Harvard connections
Recent books with Harvard connections
“Aeneid Book VI,” by Seamus Heaney, reviewed by Richard F. Thomas
A new translation from the Aeneid
Chapter and verse quotation-citation correspondence site
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Blair Kamin organizes a colorful new guide to the "Gates of Harvard Yard"
A nitty-gritty guide by a Nieman Fellow and his team.