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.
Reza Aslan discusses bestseller "Zealot" at Harvard Divinity School
The author discusses his bestseller, Zealot, at Harvard Divinity School.
Vice President Sarah Thomas shares her vision for the Harvard Library
The leader of the University-wide library system shares her vision for effecting strategic change.
Seamus Heaney has died
The Boylston professor of rhetoric and oratory emeritus honored Harvard through his teaching and his words.
Photographer Diana Mara Henry publishes her collection "Women on the Move"
Photographer Diana Mara Henry ’69 publishes her collection Women on the Move.
Facing declining enrollments, the humanities reinvent themselves
Facing declining enrollments, the humanities seek to reinvent themselves.
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Recent books on women, mapping Manhattan, the Federal Reserve, and more
Recent books with Harvard connections
Harvard's Walter Johnson on the slave South
The capitalist economy and dark dreams of the slaveholding South
A South African refugee crisis
An alumna recounts a refugee crisis in South Africa.
Self-Fashioning in Society and Solitude
On crafting a liberal-arts education by reading the classics and shaping one's life course