Books & Literary Life


Developing Dads

Exploring the evolutionary biology of human fathers as caretakers

by Richard G. Bribiescas

Henry Clarke Warren

Brief life of a Harvard-educated Buddhist scholar: 1854-1899

by David Gauld

A Higher Degree of Responsibility

On the history and potential of values-driven enterprises

by Geoffrey Jones

Emily Dickinson—Dashed

Alexandra Petri introduces the poet to tech support for help with her keyboard.

Off the Shelf

Recent books with Harvard connections

Off the Shelf

Recent books with Harvard connections

Sargent’s Other Sides

A revealing new biography of John Singer Sargent

Celeste Ng debuts new novel

“Our Missing Hearts” embodies the author’s hope that storytelling can be an agent of change.

by Nancy Walecki

Off the Shelf

Recent books with Harvard connections

Where We Went Wrong

A sweeping history of society and the economy in the twentieth century