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.

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

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

Two practitioners consider the enterprise of pure mathematics.

by Avner Ash

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

Talking with Mia Alvar, author of “In the Country”

The fiction writer talks about her short-story collection, In the Country.

by Sophia Nguyen

Harvard’s Houghton Library chronicles 150 years of “Alice in Wonderland”

Houghton Library exhibition chronicles 150 years of Alice in Wonderland.

by Zara Zhang