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 Devil and Philip Johnson
A “star-chitect” as P.T. Barnum
by Spencer Lee Lenfield
Photography in Baldwin’s Era
Eighteen photographers capture the 1930s through the 1980s.
by Brandon J. Dixon
From the Archives: Image and the Arc of Feeling
Jorie Graham’s challenging lyrics use language to give readers the experience of the poem.
by Craig Lambert
“I Got Race”
A “first-gen” American explores race and assimilation in the United States.
True Lies
Jill Lepore excavates the history of America, down to its bedrock values.
by Casey N. Cep
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
Slightly Supernatural
In Laura van den Berg’s fiction, the deeply strange is ordinary.
by Lydialyle Gibson
We Would Have Known
A sweeping history of the idea of privacy in America
Cold Comforts
Keith Gessen’s second novel deftly interweaves politics and personal history.
by Maggie Doherty
Comedy Compulsion
TV writer Nell Scovell looks back on Just the Funny Parts.
by Sophia Nguyen