Harvard Portrait: Martin Puchner
The English professor has already written three books and edited the 6,000-page third edition of the Norton Anthology of World Literature.
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Literary Life
Chapter & Verse
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
4.15.13
Richard Blanco: “Navigating Identities”
The inaugural poet speaks about being a gay Cuban American.
3.8.13
Chapter & Verse
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
2.14.13
Blessed Unexpectedly
Tennessee Williams, Mother Teresa…and Gore Vidal
12.14.12
Chapter and Verse
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
12.14.12
Brotherly Love
In Brothers: On His Brothers and Brothers in History, George Howe Colt offers autobiography and biography both.
12.14.12
Toni Morrison: “Goodness Lurks Backstage”
The author discusses altruism and the literary imagination in the 2012 Ingersoll Lecture.
12.7.12
Chapter and Verse
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
10.15.12
Jorie Graham Wins Poetry Prize
The poet’s book Places won the 2012 Forward prize for a poetry collection.
10.4.12
Chapter and Verse
A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words
8.17.12
Fiction in Counterpoint
A novel, Sound, notated like a musical score
8.17.12
Wow. Huh?
A World Palindrome Champion, a sleuthing architect, and Yo-Yo Ma on Leon Kirchner
6.15.12
Chapter and Verse
A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words
6.15.12
Radcliffe Institute Fellow Trethewey Named Poet Laureate
Natasha Trethewey was a 2001 Radcliffe Institute Fellow.