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Arts & Culture
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‘The Odyssey’ is having a moment. Again.
Classicist Greg Nagy on story’s epic appeal, his favorite translation, and ‘journey of the soul’ that awaits new readers
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Showing that Black lives matter — everywhere
In a new book, music professor considers race in all its facets
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On fiction, grief, and, most of all, ‘radical honesty’
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie shares with readers the story behind ‘Dream Count,’ a novel she was scared she’d never finish
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Art as omen in turbulent times
In new book, Joseph Koerner dissects reaction to 3 works created during political unrest
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Every picture tells a story
Photographer Susan Meiselas shares how ‘44 Irving Street Cambridge, MA’ shaped her career
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Wishing real world wasn’t starting to feel so much like her dystopian novel
Celeste Ng discusses new book about mother and son, how the personal becomes political — and vice versa
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‘Dark things can be quite illuminating’
Horror writing instructor defends prestige of ‘genre that bites back’
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Putting a face on the importance of voting
‘Vote!’ exhibition honors those who fought for civil rights
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Art in motion
Stroboscopic technique uses darkness to shine light on the science of movement
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Scarier than ghosts: A nurse superfan and a spouse with secret rooms
Steven Pinker, Maria Tatar, other scholars recommend books for Halloween season
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So who knew Goliath threw the fight for cash?
Comedy writer Simon Rich talks about turning life into funny fiction, offers tips for young writers
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Does academic writing have to be boring?
English professor, journalist says first step to better prose is being aware that no one has to read you
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When to quit a book
Some give up without guilt while others insist going cover to cover. Harvard readers share their criteria.
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Lace up gloves, enter ring, and write
Novelist and boxer Laura van den Berg says the two practices have a lot in common
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Unearthed papyrus contains lost scenes from Euripides’ plays
Alums help identify, decipher ‘one of the most significant new finds in Greek literature in this century’
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A photographer who makes historical subjects dance
Wendel White manifests the impetus behind his new monograph during Harvard talk
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LeVar Burton got his Du Bois Medal, and the crowd couldn’t resist
‘Reading Rainbow’ theme breaks out at ceremony honoring Black luminaries — including trailblazers in sports, arts, politics, and more
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When the act of writing itself is part of the art
Calligrapher Wang Dongling creates piece with ‘chaotic script’ before Harvard Art Museums audience
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Making creation a career
Alumni in the arts share insights and lifelong impact of campus involvement
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Art and Big Ideas are not strange bedfellows
Both spring from hard questions, benefit from interdisciplinary feedback, former Radcliffe fellows say
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Was Romeo ‘love-bombing’ Juliet?
Globe relationship columnist sorts timeless elements of youth, love, social divisions of 16th-century classic in new A.R.T. production
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‘Unseen Truth’ shows the real picture behind ‘Caucasian’ ideals
Sarah Lewis explores the false foundation of America’s racial hierarchy in new book
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A history of Shakespeare at the A.R.T.
‘Romeo and Juliet’ is latest in long line of productions stretching back to theater’s inaugural staging in 1980 of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’
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Manifesting Black history in 3D
From Frederick Douglass’ hair to Malcolm X’s tape recorder, Wendel White’s new book puts an abundance of artifacts on display
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In Harry Smith exhibit, Carpenter Center captures a life that defies categorization
Artist’s eclectic, connected body of work explores his wide interests — and influence
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This is how you dated before there were apps
Writer Simon Rich sketches life in satiric, post-climate-change dystopia through a great-grandfather’s reminiscences
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Where sights and sounds of modern poetry are
Woodberry Poetry Room embarks on online preservation project
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French officer rushes wife, young children out of Salonica as Nazis near
In novel rooted in family lore, Claire Messud trails three generations of family with Algerian roots, lives shaped by displacement, war, social and political upheaval
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We know about the wars. What about the flowers?
Exhibit tracing multicultural exchanges over three centuries finds common threads and plenty of drama, from crown envy to tulip mania
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Walking children through a garden of good and evil
Jamaica Kincaid’s new book presents history of colonialism, identity through plants that helped shape it
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Consider the ancient history and glory of Olympics (and the modern sneaker deal)
In Greece, students find intersection of academics and athletics
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Tracing roots of hidden language of an outsider minority
Graduate student aims to update large gaps in research on argot of Irish Travelers
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17 books to soak up this summer
Harvard Library staff recommendations cover romance, fantasy, sci-fi, mystery, memoir, music, politics, history
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What to make? Let the wheels decide.
‘Randomizer’ gets creative gears spinning in ceramic studio
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Writing to the beat of your inner Miles Davis
Jesse McCarthy sees Black authors during Cold War philosophically opting for none of the above, and improvising their own way
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A modern approach to teaching classics
Martin Puchner is using chatbots to bring to life Socrates, Shakespeare, and Thoreau
