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Arts & Culture
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What do Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Kushner, and Yo-Yo Ma have in common?
They all visited Harvard as part of arts program kicking off 50th year with talk by Robert Carlock, Tina Fey
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Updike’s life in letters
From teen penning fan mail on family farm to Pulitzer Prize-winning author: ‘He needed to write the way most of us need to breathe or eat’
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What karaoke taught Elizabeth McCracken about fiction
In new guide to writing, novelist details value of being able to live with failure — and why she no longer sings in public
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Dramatizing genius
Pop culture portrayals tend to favor the lone mastermind. These faculty faves are more realistic.
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When Cambridge was a ‘tiny Cuba’
125 years ago, a Harvard expedition drew 1,200 Cuban educators to class
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Seamus Heaney’s long migration
New collection traces life of courage, caution from Northern Ireland to Harvard
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Voice of a generation? Dylan’s is much more than that.
Classics professor who wrote ‘Why Bob Dylan Matters’ on the challenge of capturing a master of creative evasion
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Holiday treats from the kitchen of Julia Child
Recipes from celebrity chef’s archive at Radcliffe
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How a ‘guest’ in English language channels ‘outsider’ perspective into fiction
Laila Lalami talks about multilingualism, inspirations of everyday life, and why she starts a story in the middle
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Potter gets fired up about helping students find their own gifts
Roberto Lugo says his art creates conversations and ‘that’s where the magic happens’
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The 20th-century novel, from its corset to bomber jacket phase
In ‘Stranger Than Fiction,’ Edwin Frank chose 32 books to represent the period. He has some regrets.
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Dance the audience can feel — through their phones
Engineer harnesses haptics to translate movement, make her art more accessible
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Polaroid gave her a shot. She helped revolutionize photography.
Meroë Morse — focus of Baker Library exhibition — led company’s researchers during innovative era
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The very model of a modern major initiative
A.R.T. and Lavine Learning Lab aim to create a space for intergenerational dialogue, deepen student engagement with theater
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12 centuries of Ukrainian literature in 12 weeks?
Bohdan Tokarskyi, new assistant professor, says he’s up to the challenge
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‘Art and Identity’ in a changing Germany
Filmmaker’s documentaries bring complex history to Busch-Reisinger
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So, here’s the thing about women comedians that isn’t funny
Veteran stand-up headliner Iliza Shlesinger details self-censorship, social media, and double standards in Mahindra talk
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Making art as process of reclamation
Singer Davóne Tines ’09 and violinist Jennifer Koh discuss ‘Everything Rises,’ their work about race, complex ties to white world of classical music
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A three-way player: Offense, defense, and design
Economics concentrator, Crimson guard also sells custom sneakers to college, pro athletes
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The problem with knowing everything
‘Rigor of Angels’ author explains how a Borges character with perfect memory illuminates work of Heisenberg, Kant
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Preserving Indigenous languages is personal
Ava Silva ’27 working with WOLF Lab to document, study, and preserve the Alabama language of the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe
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Bot’s literary analysis wasn’t ‘brilliantly original’ — is that beside the point?
Writers Claire Messud, Laura Kipnis debate AI’s merits as a reading companion
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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
