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.
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
The Layered Histories in Black Family Keepsakes
Tiya Miles traces a mother and daughter’s story through a cotton sack.
A Surfing Author’s Children’s Book
In the swim with Bonnie Tsui
al-Hariri, a master storyteller
Brief life of a master storyteller
Arabic translator Marilyn Booth
Marilyn Booth translates Arabic literature for Anglophone readers.
Novelist Maggie Shipstead and “Great Circle”
Maggie Shipstead’s time-spanning, globe-circling new novel
by Dan Kelly
A monumental book reveals a monumental work of art
Nicholas Callaway publishes the Sistine Chapel in closeup.
“Lone Stars”—an HLS grad’s semi-autobiographical debut novel
Fiction about “the power that comes to us when we uncloset ourselves”
Profile of Radhika Jones
Radhika Jones at the helm of Vanity Fair