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  • Enduring memories of Toni Morrison

    Divinity School Professor Davíd Carrasco shared stories from his 32-year friendship with late writer Toni Morrison.

    Toni Morrison.
  • Year of living pandemically

    ‘Seeping, Rotting, Resting, Weeping’ ruminates on anxieties over intimacy, climate change, and colonialism.

    Art Gallery exhibit.
  • How to be perfect

    Harvard grad, comedy writer Michael Schur discusses his new book, “How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question.”

    Michael Schur ’97.
  • Alison Bechdel needs to know what happens next

    Author’s acclaimed works include “Fun Home,” “Are You My Mother?,” “The Secret to Superhuman Strength.”

    Illustration of graphic-novel frames overlaying old photo album.
  • Happy return for Hasty Pudding

    After pandemic pause in 2021, Harvard troupe celebrates Man of the Year Jason Bateman and Woman of the Year Jennifer Garner.

    Hasty Pudding cast parades Jennifer Garner, flanked by Lyndsey Mugford and Nick Amador, through Harvard Square.
  • A world tour with David Damrosch

    David Damrosch, chair of the Comparative Literature Department, revised pandemic-era essays into “Around the World in 80 Books.”

    David Damrosch.
  • But my mother’s in China…

    Weike Wang tails Harvard-educated ICU doc through surprise visit after her dad’s death in witty look at family, culture, and COVID

    Weike Wang.
  • Rocky path to publication for ‘most dangerous book’

    Denounced as obscene, Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’ exploded old ways of thinking about fiction — and the world itself.

    "Most Dangerous Book" jacket.
  • Finding modern issues in study of ancient world

    Professor’s research while developing Latin course turns up surprising insights into political, gender, racial, religious identity.

    Irene Peirano Garrison.
  • Pinker tries Wordle

    Language expert Steven Pinker explores how the brain tries to make sense of those pesky missing tiles in the popular word puzzle.

    Brain-shaped Wordle grid.
  • Finding joy in the everyday

    Artists digitally remix the everyday sights and sounds of Allston-Brighton in “Frequencies,” showing nightly at Harvard’s Ed Portal through February.

    footage from students in a visual arts class at Brighton High School.
  • Film full of sound and fury in dark pandemic season

    Filmmaker Joel Coen brings a trimmed-down, sparse theatrical version of the Shakespeare play to the screen, says Jeffrey Wilson.

    Silhouettes of Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand in “The Tragedy of Macbeth.”
  • The stars align for the Pudding Pot

    Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman star in the return of the Hasty Pudding’s Man and Woman of the Year awards.

    Jason Bateman and Jennifer Garner.
  • Overture of an opera life

    James Joyce will be star of final act of Benjamin Wenzelberg’s undergrad career.

    Benjamin "Benjy" Wenzelberg '21
  • Belle of Amherst 2.0 (feat. Emily D)

    Production archive materials donated by the Apple+ TV series “Dickinson” arrived at Harvard’s Houghton Library.

    Items from the Dickinson collection.
  • Civil War opera starring Walt Whitman? Really?

    In excerpt from his new book, Matthew Aucoin details why he chose Whitman as main character in his debut opera “Crossing” at American Repertory Theater.

    Matthew Aucoin.
  • Much more than a movie

    Sebastián Lelio, director of “A Fantastic Woman,” talks about the film, which tells the story of a transgender woman in Santiago, Chile, and its role in the passage of a landmark Chilean gender-identity law.

    Daniela Vega.
  • The Sondheim he remembers: genius, friend, board game geek 

    Harvard grad John Weidman collaborated with theater giant on “Pacific Overtures,” “Assassins,” and “Road Show.”

    Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman.
  • Moving together again

    Studios reopen for in-person classes in Soca Fusion, Latinx Movement, and more.

    LROD leads Latinx Movement class.
  • Competing visions

    Ahead of Harvard football’s annual showdown with Yale, two art historians got into the competitive spirit.

    Two art pieces.
  • Bringing monuments to life

    On Friday, Krzysztof Wodiczko discussed the creative impulse behind his work during a pair of talks sponsored by the Graduate School of Design.

    George Washington.
  • ‘The steam and chatter of typewriters’

    A typewriter belonging to John Ashbery now has a home in the Woodberry Poetry Room at Harvard, the late poet’s alma mater.

    Hands on a typewriter.
  • A musical duo of mythic power

    Eight years in the making, the opera “Iphigenia” makes its worldwide debut in Boston.

    Esperanza Spalding and Wayne Shorter.
  • Genuine heroines

    Answering Joseph Campbell’s ‘Hero with a Thousand Faces,’ Maria Tatar reveals multitudes in her new book.

    "Pandora" by John William Waterhouse.
  • How to pick a literary winner

    Maya Jasanoff, Coolidge Professor of History, spoke with the Gazette about her role as chair of the panel that crowned “The Promise” by Damon Galgut this year’s winner.

    Illustration of community building tall pile of books.
  • Women who are ambitious, powerful, in love — and in peril

    Whitney White plans musical programs, each on a different Shakespeare play, all asking: What is price of ambition for women?

    Whitney White.
  • Checking in with the local ghosts

    Folklore & Mythology course examines how tales of spirits and ghosts from the past affect the present and the future.

    Supernatural Storytelling students meeting at night.
  • In this writer’s life, the art of noticing comes first

    Rachel Kushner discussed the connection, and differences, between writing fiction and essays at an online Writers Speak event.

    Rachel Kushner.
  • Raised voices

    Tara K. Menon discusses her research and writing and how the author and cartoonist Alison Bechdel influenced her work.

    Tara Menon.
  • Tapping into magic

    Tap dancer Ayodele Casel explores communication, improvisation, culture, and history in “Chasing the Magic” at the American Repertory Theater.

    ART production with Ayodele Casel.