Books & Literary Life
Developing Dads
Exploring the evolutionary biology of human fathers as caretakers
by Richard G. Bribiescas
Emily Dickinson—Dashed
Alexandra Petri introduces the poet to tech support for help with her keyboard.
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Recent books with Harvard connections
From War Zones to the North Shore
A new novel from foreign correspondent Wendell Steavenson
by Lydialyle Gibson
The Case for Cultural Appropriation
How humans hybridize their civilizations
by Adam Kirsch
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Recent books with Harvard connections
The “Harvard Novel” Enters the Twenty-first Century
On Elif Batuman’s fictions
by Beth Blum
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
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Recent books with Harvard connections
Where We Went Wrong
A sweeping history of society and the economy in the twentieth century