Arts & Culture
Harvard Ramps Up Fundraising as Research Cuts Deepen
This week in the battle between Harvard and the Trump administration
by Nina Pasquini
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
Noir Romantic
Romanticism, a new collection by poet April Bernard, mixes disillusionment with emotion and playfulness.
by David Scribner
Dickinson’s Trinity
In a new critical work, Helen Vendler assesses one of Emily Dickinson’s deceptively simple early poems.
Spartan Means, Splendid Spaces
Elizabeth Whittaker’s beautiful buildings look expensive, but aren’t.
by Craig Lambert
Onstage, for Once—Set Designer Derek McLane
Award-winning theatrical set designer Derek McLane ’80 will speak about his work at Harvard on October 14.
Mario Vargas Llosa Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature
The writer was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters degree in 1999.
Remembering a Harvard Square Fixture
A new history of Design Research remembers how the store brought modern design to Harvard Square and the United States.
Delving into Pain
A new book by Melanie Thernstrom ’87 explores chronic pain, in the author's own life, across societies, and through history.
A Dean's Summer Reading
Harvard Law School Dean Martha Minow discusses what's on her reading list, as well as the line between professional and pleasure reading, and her family's literary history.
Random House Wins Standoff
Random House publishers has won a battle with literary agent Andrew Wylie over e-book rights.