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.
Harvard Books on Monet, Free Time, Food, and More
Painting with Monet, birding with Thoreau, and other recent books
Harvard Professor on Printmaking
An art historian analyzes an overlooked medium.
by Murray Whyte
American Citizenship Through Photography
How photographs promote social justice
A New Norton Anthology of World Literature Reimagines the Global Literary Tradition
A new Norton Anthology, edited by Harvard’s Martin Puchner, reimagines the global literary tradition.
A New Chapter for Harvard Arts
The Office for the Arts turns 50, and its longtime director steps down.
The Evolution of Human Fathers
Exploring the evolutionary biology of human fathers as caretakers
Off the Shelf
Nicholas Kristof reporting, why voting matters, becoming famous, and more in books
What Does it Mean to be a Progressive Jew Today?
How should Progressive Jews reconcile the changing nature of Israel today as state and ideal?
In Egypt, Doors Closing
Leslie T. Change ’91 explores the lives of three women in the Egyptian textile industry.
Civil War American Writer and Abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier
Homes of the poet and abolitionist, whose verses were said to have inspired Abraham Lincoln.