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 Garden of Prose
Francine Prose writes fiction and nonfiction in many forms. With an audio clip of the author discussing her writing process.
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
In the Wake of War
Father and son, lawyer and philosopher debate torture, surveillance, and presidential power
by Charles Fried , Gregory Fried
Stories from Botswana
In a new book, Max Essex and Unity Dow use stories to illuminate the science of HIV.
"The Fires": How Mathematical Modeling Nearly Burned Down New York
In a new book, Joe Flood ’04 tells the story of the epidemic of fires that ravaged New York City in the 1970s.
Innovator David Edwards’s New Book on “Artscience” Labs
The Lab: Creativity and Culture sets forth a vision of multidisciplinary innovation.
Andrew Wylie Announces E-book Venture
The literary agent's plan to produce e-books and sell them via amazon.com causes a stir in the publishing world.
"Hot Time in the Old Town": New York City's Deadly Heat Wave of 1896
Edward Kohn ’90, a historian at Bilkent University, shows how the crisis influenced the political careers of Theodore Roosevelt and William Jennings Bryan.
Harvard Headlines: Astronaut, Consumer Advocate, Economist, Terrorism Expert
Stephanie Wilson, Elizabeth Warren, Kenneth Rogoff, and Jessica Stern in the headlines
Echo Chamber—and Amplifier
Adam Kirsch reviews The Art of the Sonnet, by Stephen Burt and David Mikics
by Adam Kirsch