Books & Literary Life
Literary criticism, author interviews, and book culture from within and beyond Harvard.
These Harvard Mountaineers Braved Denali’s Wall of Ice
John Graham’s Denali Diary documents a dangerous and historic climb.
Chapter and verse quotation-citation correspondence site
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
“Evolving Ourselves,” by Enriquez and Gullans, reviewed by Katherine Xue
Tall tales from biology’s Wild West
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
T.S. Eliot as a Harvard student
A rediscovery of the emerging poet
by Adam Kirsch
Harvard novelist Lauren Willig plans the next plot twist in her career
From lawyering to a literary life.
Craig Lambert on shadow work
A Harvard Magazine alumnus on the new world of “middle-class serfdom”
Chapter and Verse
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Harvard professor critiques book on youth, maturity
A philosopher’s take on individuals and maturity, in a world of institutions
J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and their circle, by Philip Zaleski & Carol Zaleski
The literary flowering of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, et al.
Recent books with Harvard connections
Recent books with Harvard connections