Books & Literary Life

Literary criticism, author interviews, and book culture from within and beyond Harvard.

The Artist Edward Gorey—and Pets—at Harvard

Winter exhibits at Houghton Library   

by Nell Porter-Brown

Adam Freudenheim brings world literature to young Anglophones

A publisher brings world literature to young Anglophones.

by Spencer Lee Lenfield

Ezra Pound's "Bloody Sestina" exhibit by Damon Krukowski at Carpenter Center

A Carpenter Center exhibition traces the history of a once-banned poem.

by Lydialyle Gibson

"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

"mathematics without apologies," by Michael Harris, reviewed by Avner Ash

Two practitioners consider the enterprise of pure mathematics.

by Avner Ash