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.

The True Cost of Grade Inflation at Harvard

How an abundance of A’s created “the most stressed-out world of all.”

by Lindsay Mitchell

Recent books with Harvard connections

Recent books with Harvard connections

Robert Sampson documents enduring neighborhood differences in Chicago

Sociologist Robert J. Sampson documents enduring neighborhood differences in Chicago.

Actor Jonathan Epstein performs a Shakespearean sonnet: video

Watch the Shakespearean actor take the stage during one of his sonnet workshops.

Actor Jonathan Epstein explores Shakespeare's sonnets and plays

Actor Jonathan Epstein teaches “five-finger exercises for the soul.”

by Craig Lambert

Arthur Kleinman on the modern Chinese psyche

Arthur Kleinman and colleagues explore the Chinese people's yearnings after a century of upheaval and disasters.

Harvard republishes Stephen Jay Gould

Popular works by evolutionary biologist and baseball fan Stephen Jay Gould back in print

Katrina Roberts's poems trace life back to stardust

Katrina Roberts’s poems suggest that life springs from stardust.

by Craig Lambert

A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words

A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words

David Kwong does magic and builds crossword puzzles

David Kwong has a trick that’s all his own.

by Qichen Zhang