Books & Literary Life
Literary criticism, author interviews, and book culture from within and beyond Harvard.
For This Poet, AI is a Writing Partner
Sasha Stiles trained a chatbot on her manuscripts. Now, her poems rewrite themselves.
E.O. Wilson on mammalian evolution
A long-time Harvard professor on why the human species ought to be a little humble
Harvard alumni musicians Damon Krukowski and Naomi Yang are profiled
The many pursuits of musicians Damon & Naomi
Chapter and verse quotation-citation correspondence site
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Recent books with Harvard connections
Recent books with Harvard connections
Susan Dunn reviews Jefferson biography by Annette Gordon-Reed and Peter S. Onuf
Thomas Jefferson's “fractal” view of American self-governance
by Susan Dunn
How the Dark Room Collective sparked "total life" in literature
How the Dark Room Collective made space for a generation of African-American writers
Dick Bolles continues to improve “What Color Is Your Parachute?”
Job counselor Dick Bolles ’50 keeps “chugging away.”
by Bailey Trela
Recent books with Harvard connections
Recent books cover the origins of mambo, American economic growth, cancer, landscape, and more
Tania James’s dueling artistic impulses
A writer balances structure and spontaneity in her latest novel.
by Aria Thaker
Architect Anthony Acciavatti’s work mapping the Ganges River
A decade spent exploring India’s dynamic sacred river