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

Blindspot: A Novel

History professor Jill Lepore is the coauthor, with Jane Kamensky, of the historical novel Blindspot, set in colonial Boston.

by Jonathan Shaw

Off the Shelf

Recent books with Harvard connections

Poetic Patriarch

Craig Lambert profiles the poet Richard Wilbur.

by Craig Lambert

Faust Book a Contender for National Book Award

This Republic of Suffering is among the finalists in the nonfiction category...

The Mailer-Buckley Connection

The late Norman Mailer ’43, a prolific and pugnacious author, apparently wrote a lot of letters to go with his many published works—some 50,000 letters archived by Michael Lennon, according to The New Yorker...

Tall Tales

Arianne Cohen ’03—a onetime Harvard Magazine Ledecky Undergraduate Fellow— is publishing a second book—The Tall Book: A Celebration of Life on High, which promises "a fascinating and informative look into the world of tall people"...

A Tale of Two Detectives

Lauren Mechling writes in the thriving young-adult genre.

by Paul Gleason

Seriously Funny

Ian Frazier combines an historian's discipline with an original comic mind...

by Craig Lambert

Self-Definition

Joel Derfner’s new book reveals some hidden depths.

"Anti-Dominant" Journal

A small home for good writing

by Paul Gleason