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.

These Harvard Mountaineers Braved Denali’s Wall of Ice

John Graham’s Denali Diary documents a dangerous and historic climb.

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

The Poetry of John Milton

The poetry of John Milton

Daniel Aaron is profiled by Christoph Irmscher

Now in his second century, the uncommon Daniel Aaron remains at work.

by Christoph Irmscher

Adam Freudenheim brings world literature to young Anglophones

A publisher brings world literature to young Anglophones.

by Spencer Lee Lenfield

Ezra Pound's "Bloody Sestina" exhibit by Damon Krukowski at Carpenter Center

A Carpenter Center exhibition traces the history of a once-banned poem.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Erin Moore clarifies Britishisms and Americanisms in "That's Not English"

Erin Moore ’98 clarifies Britishisms and Americanisms in That’s Not English.

by Zara Zhang