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
The Alcotts, Père and Fille
John Matteson, who left the law to pursue literature, won a Pulitzer Prize for Eden’s Outcasts, his double biography of Bronson and Louisa May Alcott.
by Julia Wallace
From Literature to the Lab
In this excerpt from his new book, The Art and Politics of Science, Nobel laureate Harold Varmus reflects on his switch from graduate work in English to medical school.
On Judicial Interpretation
Paul M. Barrett reviews The Invisible Constitution, by Loeb University Professor Laurence H. Tribe.
by Paul M. Barrett
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
Chapter & Verse
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
A Death in the Harvard Family: John Updike ’54, Litt.D. ’92
Noted author John Updike ’54, Litt.D. ’92, died of lung cancer on January 27 at the age of 76.
Off the Shelf
An editorial sampling of recent books with Harvard connections
“Working Sisters”
Pan Tianshu reviews Leslie Chang's new book Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China
by Pan Tianshu
Chapter & Verse
A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words
Storytelling Scholar
Marie Rutkoski blends sixteenth-century history with fantasy in The Cabinet of Wonders, a new novel for young adults.
by Brittney Moraski