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.
Making Money Funny
Matt Levine’s spunky Bloomberg column
by Max J. Krupnick
A Classicist’s Dylan
In a new book, classicist Richard Thomas explores Bob Dylan’s literary ties to ancient Greece and Rome.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Oenophile Par Excellence
Anne Fadiman ’74 recalls her father, Clifton, in an excerpt from The Wine Lover’s Daughter
In “Little Fires Everywhere,” a Custody Battle Ignites the Comfortable Suburbs
Celeste Ng’s nimble second novel traces a cross-cultural drama in her Midwestern hometown.
by Sophia Nguyen
A Life of Adventure and Delight
Akhil Sharma is less interested in ideology in itself than in politics as a backdrop to emotional conflict.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
“Patchwork Futures”
Sci-fi meets the political thriller.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Tracy K. Smith ’94 Named U.S. Poet Laureate
The announcement comes at a busy time for the writer, who is at work on two operas and will soon publish her fifth verse collection, Wade in the Water.
by Sophia Nguyen
Poetry, Voiced
In the Woodberry Poetry Room, a landmark audio collection waits to be heard.
by Sophia Nguyen
A Postmodern Youth
Tahmima Anam’s Bengal trilogy finds a resting place.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
A Literary Wake for the Obama Era
Harvard Review editor Major Jackson, RI ’07, linked 200 poets in this verse tribute to the president.
by Sophia Nguyen
A Certain Slant of Light
In his film A Quiet Passion, Terence Davies illuminates Emily Dickinson’s daily life and eternal poetry.
by Sophia Nguyen