Books & Literary Life
Literary criticism, author interviews, and book culture from within and beyond Harvard.
These Harvard Mountaineers Braved Denali’s Wall of Ice
John Graham’s Denali Diary documents a dangerous and historic climb.
A novel, "Sound," by Thomas P. Wolf, notated like a musical score
A novel, Sound, notated like a musical score
Excerpt from Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot’s book "Exit:The Endings That Set Us Free”
Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot on life's liberating exits
Philosopher and scientist Robert O. Doyle has a new model of free will
Robert O. Doyle proposes a two-stage, “Jamesian,” model of free will.
Palindromist Mark Saltveit, Yo-Yo Ma on Leon Kirchner, and a sleuthing architect
A World Palindrome Champion, a sleuthing architect, and Yo-Yo Ma on Leon Kirchner
A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words
A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words
Books by Michael Sandel, Jill Lepore, Eric Sandweiss, Philip Warburg, and others
Recent books with Harvard connections
"Golden Holocaust," by Robert N. Proctor, advocates the abolition of cigarettes
Robert Proctor’s Golden Holocaust urges abolition of cigarettes, the leading preventable cause of death.
Harvard exhibits bicentennial Edward Lear animal art
A bicentennial exhibition features the little-known, masterful animal artistry of Edward Lear.
Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson urge compromise in U.S. politics
Continuous campaigning and gridlocked governing in American politics
Radcliffe fellow Trethewey named poet laureate
Natasha Trethewey was a 2001 Radcliffe Institute Fellow.