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

Toni Morrison concludes Norton Lecture series on race and literature

This week, Nobel laureate Toni Morrison concluded her Norton Lecture series on race and literature—and made a presidential endorsement.

by Sophia Nguyen

Jerome Groopman guides Harvard students to insights from narratives of illness

The students in Jerome Groopman’s “Insights from Narratives of Illness” wrestle with the profound.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Toni Morrison speaks at Harvard, on slavery and "the literature of belonging"

The distinguished writer delivered the first of six lectures on slavery, racism, and “the literature of belonging.”

by Sophia Nguyen

Ross Gay Finds the Right Ground at the Radcliffe Institute

What “unabashed gratitude” means for a black poet

by Lydialyle Gibson

Harvard alumni musicians Damon Krukowski and Naomi Yang are profiled

The many pursuits of musicians Damon & Naomi

by Lydialyle Gibson

Recent books with Harvard connections

Recent books with Harvard connections

How the Dark Room Collective sparked "total life" in literature

How the Dark Room Collective made space for a generation of African-American writers

by Sophia Nguyen

Chapter and verse quotation-citation correspondence site

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

Tania James’s dueling artistic impulses

A writer balances structure and spontaneity in her latest novel.

by Aria Thaker

Chapter and verse quotation-citation correspondence site

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words