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.
Reviews of four books on what ails American higher education
American higher education and its discontents
The Poetry of John Milton
The poetry of John Milton
Daniel Aaron is profiled by Christoph Irmscher
Now in his second century, the uncommon Daniel Aaron remains at work.
Adam Freudenheim brings world literature to young Anglophones
A publisher brings world literature to young Anglophones.
Ezra Pound's "Bloody Sestina" exhibit by Damon Krukowski at Carpenter Center
A Carpenter Center exhibition traces the history of a once-banned poem.
"20 States On Wheels”—a Harvard students’ guide to wheelchair travel
In 20 States On Wheels, Harvard students celebrate wheelchair travel.
by Zara Zhang
Erin Moore clarifies Britishisms and Americanisms in "That's Not English"
Erin Moore ’98 clarifies Britishisms and Americanisms in That’s Not English.
by Zara Zhang
Excerpt from Alexandra Petri, "A Field Guide to Awkward Silences"
A Harvard humorist reveals her superpower.
Chapter and verse quotation-citation correspondence site
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Recent books with Harvard connections
Olmsted's parks, Putin and Ukraine, climate shock, and more