Tag: American Literature

  • Arts & Culture

    Poetry with personages

    For her new TV show, the Harvard professor sits down with the likes of Bono, Bill Clinton, and Shaquille O’Neal for in-depth discussions of one poem in each 24-minute episode.

    Elisa New and Shaquille O’Neal.
  • Campus & Community

    Sacvan Bercovitch

    At the Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on April 7, 2015, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Sacvan Bercovitch, Powell M. Cabot Professor of American Literature, Emeritus, was spread upon the records. Professor Bercovitch was internationally known for learned and provocative work in the entire range of American…

  • Arts & Culture

    Emily as art

    A Harvard artist and wordsmith takes a turn at reimaging the poems of Emily Dickinson.