Books & Literary Life
A New Chapter for Harvard Arts
The Office for the Arts turns 50, and its longtime director steps down.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Where We Went Wrong
A sweeping history of society and the economy in the twentieth century
Three Alumni Named as National Book Award Finalists
An historian, a poet, and a translator
by Lydialyle Gibson
America’s Riven Politics
A Harvard Magazine Q & A with Evan Osnos ’98, author of Wildland: The Making of America’s Fury
A Long Night's Journey in Palestine
William Tamplin, Ph.D. ’20, on the lyricism and secrecy of an Arabic literary pioneer
by Lydialyle Gibson
“A Moral Obligation”
Charles Berlin and 60 years of collecting for Harvard Library
by Lydialyle Gibson
“Fallen to the Depths”
Nicholas Dawidoff’s wrenching account of urban inequity
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
Is the Supreme Court’s Role Undemocratic?
Justice Felix Frankfurter, to great controversy, said yes.
by Lincoln Caplan
The Blue Garden
Newport's restored landscape
by Craig Lambert
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections