Books & Literary Life
Literary criticism, author interviews, and book culture from within and beyond Harvard.
America’s Past, Opera's Future: 11 New Books from Harvard Authors
These newly released novels, histories, and memoirs grapple with identity in all its forms.
Recent books on FDR, bioluminescence, ecorithms, intuition pumps, and more
Recent books with Harvard connections
“A Theory of Justice: The Musical!” and Harvard’s Class of 1944
A Theory of Justice as musical comedy, and the class of ’44
A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
“No Joke: Making Jewish Humor” by Ruth Wisse reviewed by Daniel Klein
Does in-group humor displace political action?
by Daniel Klein
“The Lost Art of Finding Our Way” by John Edward Huth reviewed by Isabel Ruane
Navigating the smartphone world
by Isabel Ruane
Novelist André Aciman's Harvard Square explores expats' experiences
A café-goers' view of Cambridge, a generation ago
Ilona Bell cultivates a literary garden in the Berkshires
A Berkshire yard that recalls poetry, fiction, and drama
How to reinvigorate the humanities at Harvard is the subject of new reports
How to reinvigorate the humanities at Harvard is the subject of new faculty reports
August Kleinzahler poet, Linda Greenhouse orator, at 2013 Harvard Phi Beta Kappa
August Kleinzahler and Linda Greenhouse to speak at Commencement-week PBK Literary Exercises
Harvard alumnus Tom Reiss ’86 wins Pulitzer for Biography
Bailyn, Kayyem, Wen named finalists.