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.
Quotation Q and A
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
David Warsh reviews "This Time Is Different" by Carmen Reinhart & Kenneth Rogoff
David Warsh reviews This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly, by Carmen M. Reinhart and Kenneth S. Rogoff.
by David Warsh
Books with Harvard connections
Recent books with Harvard connections
The Monuments Men: Rescuing art from the Nazis
Harvard’s Monuments Men at war
Rare-book dealers Jon and Margaret Richardson specialize in the Bloomsbury Group
Rare-book dealers Jon and Margaret Richardson are fans of the Bloomsbury Group.
Sportscaster J.B. Brown writes about his "Role of a Lifetime"
Sportscaster J.B. Brown writes about his "Role of a Lifetime"
Former financier Norb Vonnegut’s investment-world thriller
Top Producer, by Norb Vonnegut ’80, is a thriller set on Wall Street. Listen to excerpts from an interview with its stockbroker author.
Photo history of Harvard Square
A new book of photographs tells Harvard Square’s history since the 1950s. Test your own Square knowledge for a chance to win a copy of the book.
1968 Harvard-Yale game documentary on DVD
A new DVD and book capture the legendary 1968 Harvard-Yale game.
Excerpt from Green Metropolis, by David Owen
An excerpt from Green Metropolis, by David Owen ’78