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

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

Harry Lewis explains how baseball explains everything

New book shows how baseball words apply to all of life.

Fanny Bullock Workman, feisty mountaineer

Brief life of a feisty mountaineer: 1859-1925

Joseph Martin, former Harvard Medical School dean, writes a memoir

Excerpt from Harvard Medical School Dean Joseph Martin's memoir

Recent books with Harvard connections

Recent books with Harvard connections

Diana Eck on Hindus' sacred geography India

Diana Eck on Hindus' sacred geography

Leonce Gaiter's Western novel describes violence in 1890s Indian Territory

A gritty Western depicts a brief, violent crusade.

by Craig Lambert

William Stuntz, late Harvard law professor, on American criminal justice

America’s flawed criminal justice system

A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words

A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words