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.

Matt Levine's Bloomberg Finance Column Makes Money Funny

Matt Levine’s spunky Bloomberg column

by Max J. Krupnick

Radcliffe fellow Trethewey named poet laureate

Natasha Trethewey was a 2001 Radcliffe Institute Fellow.

Phi Beta Kappa exercises 2012: Derek Bok on civics education; poet Kay Ryan

Poet and orator highlight Harvard's Phi Beta Kappa literary exercises.

American Academy of Arts and Letters awards to Harvard alumni

Alumni recognized by American Academy of Arts and Letters

Harvard poets celebrated at a dramatic live reading

Showcasing works from the past century-plus

Harvard library staffers protest after possible layoffs are announced

The threat of library staff layoffs, absent details, leads to consternation and protests.

Amanda Claybaugh, explicator of the nineteenth-century novel

Meet the expert on nineteenth-century novels and reformist writings.

Rare 1776 U.S. flag displayed; Motif No. 1 celebrated in new book

A star-spangled Colonial find and a book honoring Motif No. 1

Stephen Greenblatt, Tracy K. Smith win Pulitzers in general nonfiction, poetry

The professor wins for general nonfiction, the 1994 alumna for poetry; two former Nieman Fellows also honored.

The Red Book, Deborah Copaken Kogan's novel set at a Harvard class reunion

In a new novel, Deborah Copaken Kogan ’88 explores mid-life College reunions.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Recent books with Harvard connections

Recent books with Harvard connections