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.

The Artist Edward Gorey—and Pets—at Harvard

Winter exhibits at Houghton Library   

by Nell Porter-Brown

Cultures in Conflict

Paul M. Barrett reviews “Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam, and the West,” by Christopher Caldwell ’83

by Paul M. Barrett

Shuttered Behind Bars

In a new book, photographer Bruce Jackson presents old ID photo portraits from an Arkansas prison.

by Craig Lambert

Off the Shelf

Recent books with Harvard connections

"Days With the Family Realist"

A poem for the 2009 Phi Beta Kappa Literary Exercises

Slaying Dragons

A crime novelist explores the deepest cracks in the human heart.

by Nell Porter-Brown

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.

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