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.
Nancy Koehn reviews Louis Hyman's "Debtor Nation"
Nancy Koehn reviews Louis Hyman's Debtor Nation: The History of America in Red Ink.
Stephen Greenblatt traces how Lucretius in "De Rerum Natura" shaped the present
Stephen Greenblatt traces the influence of Lucretius, through De Rerum Natura, on modern thought.
In the "Tragedy of Arthur," Arthur Phillips riffs on a forged Shakespeare play
A con man, his son, and a fiction on two levels
by Amelia Atlas
The 2011 Phi Beta Kappa ceremony, featuring Henri Cole and Joyce Carol Oates
Orator Joyce Carol Oates and poet Henri Cole at the Phi Beta Kappa Literary Exercises
Joyce Carol Oates to speak, Henri Cole to read at 2011 Phi Beta Kappa ceremony
The author will speak, and the poet will read, on May 24.
More on Adam Goodheart's new book "1861: The Civil War Awakening"
Adam Goodheart's new book explores the Civil War.
Elise Paschen's career in poetry.
The Chicago poet has spread the good wordings via book, CD—and subway.
HMS alumnus Siddhartha Mukherjee wins Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction
Siddhartha Mukherjee, M.D. '00, is honored for The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer.
Profile of Chicano writer Manuel Muñoz
Chicano writer Manuel Muñoz ’94 mines the “humanizing effect of literature.”
Sugata Bose reviews Joseph Lelyveld’s Gandhi biography "Great Soul"
Sugata Bose reviews Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India, by Joseph Lelyveld.
by Sugata Bose