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.
Skyscrapers as symbols
In Tall Building: Imagining the Skyscraper, Scott Johnson explores the semiotics of these urban giants.
David Warsh reviews Robert J. Samuelson's The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath
David Warsh reviews Robert J. Samuelson's The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath
by David Warsh
The Green-Pea Memo
Poking fun “at the academic-bureaucratic mentality of university life”
Recent books with Harvard connections
Recent books with Harvard connections
Quotation Q & A
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Gutenberg 2.0: What future for libraries?
Harvard’s libraries deal with disruptive change.
Libraries in the digital era: links to Harvard collections and a humorous video
Highlights from the digital collections of the Harvard libraries, and video humor
A special edition of J.K. Rowling's 2008 Harvard speech includes Braille words
Francie Randolph ’87 has combined Braille and J.K. Rowling's 2008 Harvard address to create a limited-edition book.
Review of Maurice Charney's “Wrinkled Deep in Time”
Adam Kirsch review Maurice Charney’s Wrinkled Deep in Time: Aging in Shakespeare.
by Adam Kirsch
An excerpt from "Tocqueville's Discovery of America," by Leo Damrosch
An excerpt from Tocqueville's Discovery of America, by Leo Damrosch