Books & Literary Life


Spellbound on Stage

Actor and young adult novelist Aislinn Brophy

by Lydialyle Gibson

Off the Ice, Onto the Screen

Bill Keenan ’09 brings his first book onto the screen. 

by Gary Santaniello

Active Grandparenting, Costly Repair

A biological anthropologist explains why and how exercise works to combat senescence.

by Daniel E. Lieberman

Near and Distant Objectives

Harvard Law School professor Noah Feldman’s constitutionalism is a branch of the humanities.

by Lincoln Caplan

An Education Agenda

Derek Bok on curriculum reform

“A Kind of Justice in the World”

Ian K. Smith’s turn toward detective fiction

by Lydialyle Gibson

Chapter & Verse

A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words

The Fire in “A Burning”

Megha Majumdar’s novel of India resonates in the United States.

by Lydialyle Gibson

No One Deserves a Spot at Harvard

Michael Sandel makes the case against meritocracy.

by Spencer Lee Lenfield

Off the Shelf

Recent books with Harvard connections

Staff Pick: Boston Book Festival

A literary festival for children and adults

by Nell Porter Brown