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.

Open Book: A New Nuclear Age

Harvard historian Serhii Plokhy’s latest book looks at the rising danger of a new arms race.

Rare 1776 U.S. flag displayed; Motif No. 1 celebrated in new book

A star-spangled Colonial find and a book honoring Motif No. 1

Stephen Greenblatt, Tracy K. Smith win Pulitzers in general nonfiction, poetry

The professor wins for general nonfiction, the 1994 alumna for poetry; two former Nieman Fellows also honored.

The Red Book, Deborah Copaken Kogan's novel set at a Harvard class reunion

In a new novel, Deborah Copaken Kogan ’88 explores mid-life College reunions.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Recent books with Harvard connections

Recent books with Harvard connections

Derek Bok, Kay Ryan at the 2012 Harvard Phi Beta Kappa exercises

Derek Bok and Kay Ryan featured at the 2012 Phi Beta Kappa exercises

Jasanoff, Pearlman, Silvers win National Book Critics Circle honors

Harvard affiliates Jasanoff, Pearlman, Silvers recognized

Excerpt from "The Great Divergence" by Timothy Noah

Excerpt from The Great Divergence by Timothy Noah ’80

Kahlil Gibran draws Harvard's Charles William Eliot, plus Arnoldia's centennial

The prophet (Gibran) and the president (Eliot), plus Arnoldia turns 100.

Tom Fields-Meyer on "Following Ezra"

Autism tightened the bond between Tom and Ezra Fields-Meyer and led to a moving book.

by Isabel Ruane

Gujarat dam disaster recounted in new book "No One Had a Tongue to Speak"

Utpal Sandesara and Tom Wooten uncover a dam-disaster cover-up.

by Katherine Xue