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.
Novelist Lev Grossman on Why Fantasy Isn’t About Escapism
The Magicians author discusses his influences, from Harvard to King Arthur to Tolkien.
by Eric Olson
The 2022 Pulitzer Prizes
Erin Kelly and Salamishah Tillet honored for “searing” and “stylish” writing in biography and criticism
Harvard Horizons Spotlights Seven Scholars
Ph.D. students discuss subjects from aliens to infrastructural aesthetics.
by Jacob Sweet
Music and Language, Reconciled
Matthew Aucoin on opera
Looking for the Real Stan Lee
Biographer Abraham Riesman plumbs the dark mysteries of the Marvel auteur
by Dan Kelly
Border Crossing
Author Rudy Ruiz carries on his Mexican-American family’s storytelling tradition.
Houghton Library Features Children’s Books in Opening Exhibit
“Animals Are Us” contextualizes Houghton’s new treasures.
by Jacob Sweet
"“I Am Talking to the Part of You that Does Not Speak”
Artist Laurie Anderson delivers her fifth virtual Norton Lecture on Wednesday.
How Myth and Memoir Intertwine
Elisabeth Sharp McKetta ’01 finds truth in the border between fact and fiction.
Namwali Serpell’s Novel-In-Progress
The acclaimed author and English professor will explore mourning and reunion in The Furrows: An Elegy.
A Beloved Bengali Poet in Translation
A new book presents a mother and daughter’s final collaboration