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.

Being Undocumented in America

Karla Cornejo Villavicencio’s writing aims to challenge assumptions. 

by Nina Pasquini

Excerpt from “When Your Child Is Sick,” by Joanna Breyer

Navigating the challenges of caring for a child who is very ill

Paolo Pasco and the art of making crosswords

Paolo Pasco and the art of making crosswords

by Oset Babür

Tale of Genji Illustrated

A magnificent set of images, published—and exhibited

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

Recent books with Harvard connections

Recent books with Harvard connections

Joanna Southcott and “The Songs of Argus Zion”

…and a possible clue in the stacks

by Diane E. Booton

Dumbarton Oaks exhibit “Juggling the Middle Ages” is previewed

A Dumbarton Oaks exhibition connects “an enchanted past” to the human condition.

by Sophia Nguyen

Millicent Todd Bingham

Brief life of an unlikely Dickinson scholar

by Julie Dobrow

Robert Coles and Atul Gawande on William Carlos Williams

Two Harvard doctors on William Carlos Williams

Shane McCrae: the poet and his work

The propulsive intensity of Shane McCrae’s poetry

by Lydialyle Gibson