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.
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
Leonce Gaiter's Western novel describes violence in 1890s Indian Territory
A gritty Western depicts a brief, violent crusade.
William Stuntz, late Harvard law professor, on American criminal justice
America’s flawed criminal justice system
A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words
A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words