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.
Houghton Library Celebrates the Quatercentenary of Shakespeare's Death
Celebrating four centuries of Shakespeare at Harvard
by Olivia Munk
Salem's House of the Seven Gables survives
Nathaniel Hawthorne's Salem muse was preserved by philanthropist Caroline Emmerton.
“Remembering Monomoy” honors a special part of Cape Cod
Fred Crafts ’50 combines memoir and appreciation of Cape Cod’s natural wonders in Remembering Monomoy.
by Jean Martin
Recent books with Harvard connections
Fireflies, dating and love, growing old, and other recent books with Harvard connections
“The Rise and Fall of American Growth,” reviewed by Shane Greenstein
Definitive economic history—and a debatable, despairing forecast
Chapter and verse quotation-citation correspondence site
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Dustin Tingley on the domestic politics of foreign policy
Political scientists demystify unseen institutional tensions.
Harvard public health dean, museum director, more
A new dean for public health, a new director for the art museums, and more
Political theorist Danielle Allen is profiled by Spencer Lenfield
Danielle Allen’s mission to return equality to the heart of American democracy
Toni Morrison concludes Norton Lecture series on race and literature
This week, Nobel laureate Toni Morrison concluded her Norton Lecture series on race and literature—and made a presidential endorsement.