Books & Literary Life
Literary criticism, author interviews, and book culture from within and beyond Harvard.
Tara Menon’s Debut Novel Combines Friendship, Grief, and Climate Disaster
The popular Harvard English professor published Under Water this spring.
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.
Making the Public Record Public
Harvard legal database released
The Essential Educator for His Time
A life of Princeton’s Bill Bowen
Spellbound on Stage
Actor and young adult novelist Aislinn Brophy
The Happy Warrior Redux
Hubert Humphrey’s liberalism reconsidered