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 Scientist in Full
The fruitful, flawed Louis Agassiz
by James Hanken
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
Like Garlic or Burning Matches
A new book traces napalm's invention to Harvard—and its evolution from heroic discovery to pariah
Princess Not-So-Charming
A fairy tale for today’s world
Vita: John Usher Monro
Brief life of an uncommon educator: 1912-2002
by Toni-Lee Capossela
Richard Blanco: “Navigating Identities”
The inaugural poet speaks about being a gay Cuban American.
Harvard Portrait: Abigail Donovan and Laura Prager
The pediatric psychiatrists’ book depicts emergency-room experiences with mentally ill children.
As Many Books as Possible Short of Bankruptcy
At its centennial, Harvard University Press continues publishing books, while vastly expanding its digital products.
by Christopher Reed
The Annotated Falcon
An item in the history of note-taking
by Christopher Reed
Seeing and Observing
The "Literally Psyched" columnist on Sherlock Holmes, perception, and mental prowess