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.
Excerpt from “Scale & the Incas”
Questions about how societies conceptualize, perceive, and interpret scale.
Philip Johnson biography by Mark Lamster reviewed by Spencer Lee Lenfield
A “star-chitect” as P.T. Barnum
“Time is Now: Photography in Baldwin’s Era” exhibit at the Carpenter Center
Eighteen photographers capture the 1930s through the 1980s.
Image and the Arc of Feeling
Jorie Graham’s challenging lyrics use language to give readers the experience of the poem.
Excerpt from “Not Quite Not White” by Sharmila Sen
A “first-gen” American explores race and assimilation in the United States.
Casey Cep reviews “These Truths: A History of the United States,” by Jill Lepore
Jill Lepore excavates the history of America, down to its bedrock values.
by Casey N. Cep
Recent books with Harvard connections
Recent books with Harvard connections
Laura van den Berg and “The Third Hotel”
In Laura van den Berg’s fiction, the deeply strange is ordinary.
Book review: “A Terrible Country” is a cold, welcome wind
Keith Gessen’s second novel deftly interweaves politics and personal history.
Excerpt from “The Known Citizen” by Sarah E. Igo
A sweeping history of the idea of privacy in America