Hundreds gathered in Emerson Hall Thursday to hear American author Elif Batuman ’99 and Harvard English professor Beth Blum in a conversation hosted by Harvard’s Mahindra Humanities Center. During the ...

Many read to help process reality. A book’s ability to capture life experiences — though perhaps different from a reader’s own — provides a sense of comfort, a step closer to solidarity and away from ...

Batuman’s follow-up to “The Idiot” follows the same character into her second year at Harvard. By Dwight Garner When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate ...

Elif Shafak is one of our foremost storytellers. The author of There Are Rivers in the Sky, The Bastard of Istanbul, the Booker Prize-shortlisted 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World and the ...