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
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.
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.
Mindful Munching
Applying ancient Buddhist mindfulness techniques to eating in the modern world
by Cara Feinberg
On Babies' Behavior
Pediatrician T. Berry Brazelton's breakthrough in understanding newborns as complex, capable beings