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.

Being Undocumented in America

Karla Cornejo Villavicencio’s writing aims to challenge assumptions. 

by Nina Pasquini

Recent books with Harvard connections

Recent books with Harvard connections

Edward S. Steinfeld reviews Ezra Vogel’s “China and Japan: Facing History”

The parallel, perilous, histories of China and Japan

Nieman Fellow Eliza Griswold Wins Pulitzer Prize

Her book Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America is the choice in general nonfiction.  

by Jacob Sweet

Graphic novelist Amy Chu

Graphic novelist Amy Chu

by S.I. Rosenbaum

Min Jin Lee on Her New Novel and Writing about the Korean Diaspora

“I worry a great deal about how Koreans are perceived,” the author says.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

“Binstead’s Safari” and the continuing appeal of novelist Rachel Ingalls

The continuing appeal of novelist Rachel Ingalls

by Olivia Munk

Excerpt from “When Your Child Is Sick,” by Joanna Breyer

Navigating the challenges of caring for a child who is very ill

Paolo Pasco and the art of making crosswords

Paolo Pasco and the art of making crosswords

by Oset Babür

Excerpt from “How Art Works: A Psychological Exploration”

Unpacking “what art does to us”

Mark Dery on Edward Gorey, reviewed by Spencer Lee Lenfield

An idiosyncratic new biography of Edward Gorey

by Spencer Lee Lenfield