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.
Adams House dedicates suite to Seamus Heaney
Adams House members, past and present, dedicate a suite to the Irish poet who lived among them.
Beckert's “Empire of Cotton” Wins a Bancroft Prize in History
His Empire of Cotton: A Global History puts slavery in an international context.
Poet Tracy K. Smith's prose memoir, “Ordinary Light”
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Tracy K. Smith ’94 crafts a memoir.
Sarah Manguso's Ongoingness asks, why write?
Dissecting her diary, a writer weaponizes solipsism.
Recent books with Harvard connections
Recent books with Harvard connections
A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Brief life of Lafayette, by Laura Auricchio
Brief life of an American champion: 1757-1834
“Love Story” locale, and other passionate pursuits
Love Story locale, and other passionate pursuits
“Cold Storage” documentary looks inside the libraries' Harvard Depository
A new documentary explores the three million feet of shelving at the Harvard Depository.
Amy Poehler is Harvard's Woman of the Year
Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals celebrate the actress and writer.
by Laura Levis