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 Artist Edward Gorey—and Pets—at Harvard
Winter exhibits at Houghton Library
Bernard Bailyn's "The Barbarous Years" reviewed by Daniel K. Richter
The “mixed multitudes” of early Colonial America—and the Native Americans
Ben Loory writes short, quirky stories
Ben Loory's minimalist stories ambush the reader.
by David Updike
George Howe Colt's new book "Brothers: On His Brothers and Brothers in History"
In Brothers: On His Brothers and Brothers in History, George Howe Colt offers autobiography and biography both.
Author Toni Morrison gives 2012 Harvard Divinity School Ingersoll Lecture
The author discusses altruism and the literary imagination in the 2012 Ingersoll Lecture.
Alex Dumas, inspiration for "The Count of Monte Cristo," by Tom Reiss
Brief life of the soldier who inspired The Count of Monte Cristo: 1762-1806
by Tom Reiss
Evan Thomas's biography of President Eisenhower
In Evan Thomas's new biography, President Eisenhower emerges as a canny nuclear strategist.
Recent books by John Updike, George Vaillant, Marjorie Garber, and others
Recent books by John Updike, Marjorie Garber, George Vaillant, Thomas McGraw, and others with Harvard connections
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Ellen Faran and Gita Manaktala of MIT Press
Ellen Faran ’73 and Gita Manaktala ’87 advance knowledge through publishing.
Harvard professor and poet Jorie Graham wins Forward Poetry Prize
The poet's book Places won the 2012 Forward prize for a poetry collection.