Books
Stein Fictionalizes Story of Fraudulent Holocaust Memoir
In Benjamin Stein’s novel “The Canvas,” translated from German by Brian Zumhagen, readers are met by not one, but two unreliable narrators—Amnon Zichroni and Jan Wechsler—each eager to take the story in their own direction.
Rowling Moves Beyond Magic in ‘The Casual Vacancy’
It remains nearly impossible to read, analyze, and absorb “The Casual Vacancy” without invoking Harry Potter. How do you turn the page on a cultural milestone and open to a small town in southwest England, where the greatest drama involves a local election rather than a corporeal force of evil?
Reader Redux: Building up the ‘Library of Babel’
Natalie Chang describes the meaning behind her favorite book, "Library of Babel."
An Interview with Nieman Fellow Jen B. McDonald
Each year, Harvard’s Nieman Foundation rewards fellowships to 24 journalists who then spend a year taking classes at Harvard. Among this year’s prestigious crop of fellows is Jennifer B. McDonald, an editor at The New York Times Book Review.
Art for the Ages
This week, FM emailed professors to find out which artistic work in their field they think most shaped history.
Suburban Melodrama, Hope in ‘Forgiven’
If anything can go wrong, it will. This statement, commonly referred to as Murphy’s Law, is the underlying foundation beneath the novel “May We Be Forgiven.”
Adam Wheeler's Artificial Intelligence
Simpson was convinced that he was looking at the most blatant plagiarism he had ever seen.
A Burglar Falling from Widener and the Birth of the Shuttle
Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.
Smith Illuminates Class Struggles in ‘NW’
Achieving literary fame at a young age is frequently elusive. Once the hype surrounding a triumphant first novel fades, the literary world will look to its author with expectation, eager to see if genius will strike again or if the first book was simply a fluke.
