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.

To poet Joan Naviyuk Kane ’00, abandoned King Island is a potent creative source

For Joan Naviyuk Kane ’00, an abandoned island is a potent creative source.

by Melanie Wang

Crisis of American neoliberal capitalism

A critique of the neoliberal economy

"Farewell, Fred Voodoo" by Amy Wilentz continues her long coverage of Haiti

Amy Wilentz on her “touchstone and central obsession”

by Craig Lambert

Recent books with Harvard connections

Recent books with Harvard connections

Neil Rudenstine reinterprets Shakespeare's sonnets

Neil Rudenstine guides readers through Shakespeare’s lyric masterpiece.

by Spencer Lee Lenfield

A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

Harvard Magazine honors Adam Kirsch, others

Writers and artists who made special contributions to the magazine in 2014

Harvard athletes from 1963 to 2012 are celebrated in newly published "HB3"

Harvard sports stalwarts from 1963 to 2012 are celebrated in The Third H Book of Harvard Athletics

Academic publishing and scholarly communication: a status report

The troubled present and promising future of scholarly communication

by Craig Lambert

Harvard Art Museums celebrates American Paintings at Harvard

Lecture celebrates the release of American Art at Harvard, Volume One