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.

Harvard Faculty Group Proposes Limits on A Grades

The grade inflation measure requires a full faculty vote, expected in the spring.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Poet Tracy K. Smith's prose memoir, “Ordinary Light”

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Tracy K. Smith ’94 crafts a memoir.

Sarah Manguso's Ongoingness asks, why write?

Dissecting her diary, a writer weaponizes solipsism.

by Sophia Nguyen

Recent books with Harvard connections

Recent books with Harvard connections

A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

Harvard music professors create dynamic music theory diagrams

Two scholars—in jazz, and in German music—team up on a tool that makes musical structure visible.

by Sophia Nguyen

Brief life of Lafayette, by Laura Auricchio

Brief life of an American champion: 1757-1834

by Laura Auricchio

Public Interest Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design

A public interest movement redefines architecture.

by Stephanie Garlock

“Love Story” locale, and other passionate pursuits

Love Story locale, and other passionate pursuits

Harvard's Winthrop House renovation to include five-story addition to Gore Hall

Renovation will include a five-story addition to Gore Hall.

by Jonathan Shaw

“Cold Storage” documentary looks inside the libraries' Harvard Depository

A new documentary explores the three million feet of shelving at the Harvard Depository.

by Stephanie Garlock