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.
Jasanoff, Pearlman, Silvers win National Book Critics Circle honors
Harvard affiliates Jasanoff, Pearlman, Silvers recognized
Excerpt from "The Great Divergence" by Timothy Noah
Excerpt from The Great Divergence by Timothy Noah ’80
Kahlil Gibran draws Harvard's Charles William Eliot, plus Arnoldia's centennial
The prophet (Gibran) and the president (Eliot), plus Arnoldia turns 100.
Tom Fields-Meyer on "Following Ezra"
Autism tightened the bond between Tom and Ezra Fields-Meyer and led to a moving book.
by Isabel Ruane
Gujarat dam disaster recounted in new book "No One Had a Tongue to Speak"
Utpal Sandesara and Tom Wooten uncover a dam-disaster cover-up.
Harry Lewis explains how baseball explains everything
New book shows how baseball words apply to all of life.
Fanny Bullock Workman, feisty mountaineer
Brief life of a feisty mountaineer: 1859-1925
Joseph Martin, former Harvard Medical School dean, writes a memoir
Excerpt from Harvard Medical School Dean Joseph Martin's memoir
Recent books with Harvard connections
Recent books with Harvard connections
Diana Eck on Hindus' sacred geography India
Diana Eck on Hindus' sacred geography