Arts & Culture

Explore Harvard’s vibrant arts scene—from campus exhibitions and theater to cultural analysis and literary reviews. Discover how creativity shapes the Harvard experience.

Trump Administration Appeals Order Restoring $2.7 Billion in Funding to Harvard

The appeal, which had been expected, came two days before the deadline to file.

by Jonathan Shaw

"Days With the Family Realist"

A poem for the 2009 Phi Beta Kappa Literary Exercises

Slaying Dragons

A crime novelist explores the deepest cracks in the human heart.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Love Nest

The most romantic tent in town

by Christopher Reed

The Tall Book, by Arianne Cohen, describes the lives of tall people.

Arianne Cohen ’03 celebrates “life from on high” in a new book that discusses tall people's perspectives and prospects.

Vistas of Perfection

A profile of writer James Agee, at Harvard and beyond

by Adam Kirsch

Pardis Sabeti

For this systems biologist, the interaction of science and music is multiplicative.

Chasing Bogeys

A novel book on golf

Song for Hard Times

The classic folksong “One Meat Ball” got its start at Harvard.

Warrior Artists

Lakota drawings inspire a dramatic exhibition.

by Christopher Reed

Off the Shelf

Recent books with Harvard connections