Books & Literary Life
Literary criticism, author interviews, and book culture from within and beyond Harvard.
Tara Menon’s Debut Novel Combines Friendship, Grief, and Climate Disaster
The popular Harvard English professor published Under Water this spring.
Archival articles on Harvard in the entertainment and comedy industries
Three articles from Harvard Magazine’s archives explore the roles Harvard alumni have played in the entertainment industry and their influence on comedy.
Video: Modern-day Romanticism - poet April Bernard reads and discusses her work
In her latest book of poems, April Bernard aims to capture the intensity of the Romantic Era. Watch as she discusses, and reads from, her work.
Harvard Library digital exhibition on the magic of reading
A sampler from the Harvard University Library's online collection Reading: Harvard Views of Readers, Readership, and Reading History.
The Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library from Harvard University Press
A new series from Harvard University Press reintroduces works that mattered in the Middle Ages. With excerpts from two of the works.
Excerpt from "Reading Obama," by James T. Kloppenberg
Deliberative democracy, philosophical pragmatism, and Barack Obama's conception of American governance
Profile of American suffragist Alice Paul
Brief life of a pioneering suffragist: 1885-1977
by Mary Walton
Review of "Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead" by Rick Meyerowitz
Rick Meyerowitz’s Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead is a compendium of the best pieces from the National Lampoon.
Recent books with Harvard connections
Recent books with Harvard connections
Profile of poet April Bernard
Romanticism, a new collection by poet April Bernard, mixes disillusionment with emotion and playfulness.
Excerpt from Helen Vendler, "Dickinson: Selected Poems and Commentaries"
In a new critical work, Helen Vendler assesses one of Emily Dickinson’s deceptively simple early poems.