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.

Is the Constitution Broken?

Harvard legal scholars debate the state of our founding national document.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Of New England-grown food, Still River Winery apple ice wine, and fermentation

A cookbook writer and anthropologist, apple ice wine makers, and a fermentation aficionado celebrate New England food.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Review of "Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead" by Rick Meyerowitz

Rick Meyerowitz’s Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead is a compendium of the best pieces from the National Lampoon.

by Craig Lambert

Recent books with Harvard connections

Recent books with Harvard connections

Profile of poet April Bernard

Romanticism, a new collection by poet April Bernard, mixes disillusionment with emotion and playfulness.

by David Scribner

Excerpt from Helen Vendler, "Dickinson: Selected Poems and Commentaries"

In a new critical work, Helen Vendler assesses one of Emily Dickinson’s deceptively simple early poems.

Elizabeth Whittaker’s inventive architecture

Elizabeth Whittaker’s beautiful buildings look expensive, but aren’t.

by Craig Lambert

Set designer Derek McLane speaks at Harvard October 14

Award-winning theatrical set designer Derek McLane ’80 will speak about his work at Harvard on October 14.

Llosa Nobel literature

The writer was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters degree in 1999.

A new history of Design Research, written by Jane Thompson

A new history of Design Research remembers how the store brought modern design to Harvard Square and the United States.

Melanie Thernstrom's "The Pain Chronicles" explores chronic pain

A new book by Melanie Thernstrom ’87 explores chronic pain, in the author's own life, across societies, and through history.