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.
Shuttered Behind Bars
In a new book, photographer Bruce Jackson presents old ID photo portraits from an Arkansas prison.
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Recent books with Harvard connections
"Days With the Family Realist"
A poem for the 2009 Phi Beta Kappa Literary Exercises
The Tall Book, by Arianne Cohen, describes the lives of tall people.
Arianne Cohen ’03 celebrates “life from on high” in a new book that discusses tall people's perspectives and prospects.
The Bible and the Almanac
How Pete Seeger got his start: an excerpt from Alec Wilkinson's new biography, The Protest Singer
Music, Taken Personally
A music critic reviews composer John Adams’s memoir.
Chapter & Verse
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Vistas of Perfection
A profile of writer James Agee, at Harvard and beyond
by Adam Kirsch
Chasing Bogeys
A novel book on golf
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Recent books with Harvard connections