Books & Literary Life

Literary criticism, author interviews, and book culture from within and beyond Harvard.

From Appalachia to Harvard, a Woman’s Struggle to Find Herself

In her memoir All That's Unseen, Emilee Hackney explores religion, friendship, and home.

by Nina Pasquini , Nell Porter-Brown

Radcliffe Institute panel discusses the place of women writers

Radcliffe Institute panel discusses the place of women writers.

Jamaica Kincaid and Margaret Atwood bookend Harvard's first literary festival

Jamaica Kincaid and Margaret Atwood bookend a three-day exploration of literary life.

Donald Revell and Andrea Barrett to speak at Harvard's PBK Literary Exercises

Donald Revell and Andrea Barrett to speak at PBK Literary Exercises

Havard alumna Megan Marshall ’77 wins Pulitzer Prize for Biography

Damrosch, O’Brien, and Adams named finalists.

Harvard’s Houghton Library celebrates William Makepeace Thackeray

Houghton Library celebrates William Makepeace Thackeray.

by Christopher Reed

A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

Sage Stossel's graphic novel, Starling, depicts an anti-superheroine.

“Starling” can handle thugs and palookas, but not daily life.

by Craig Lambert

The sabermetric revolution

Economist Andrew Zimbalist analyzes the sabermetric revolution

Recent books with Harvard connections

Recent books with Harvard connections

Innovation in humanities courses aims to reach larger numbers of students

New gateways into the humanities for students “still fully molten as human beings”

by Jonathan Shaw