Join us as we bring the literary history of Cambridge and Harvard to life through an entertaining and educational walking tour. Cambridge has a wealth of stories from over 375 years of being home to America’s literary luminaries, from Henry David Thoreau to William S. Burroughs, T.S. Eliot to Margaret Atwood. It's also home to the oldest dedicated poetry bookstore and some of the oldest literary societies in the U.S. Costumed guides provide an experience full of humor and stories that make learning history...
Join Harvard Creative Writing Faculty members as they read from current works and discuss the history of creative writing at Harvard and where the program—and creative writing in general—is heading.
For the first time ever, Harvard’s outpouring of literary production is in one room. With food, readings, and copies of the latest issues, meet the creative teams behind publications that include:
The Advocate
Tuesday
Thirdspace
Harvard Review
The Charles River Review and Harvard Summer Review
Show up ready to write! This workshop features hands-on exercises for freeing up your imagination, overcoming fear of the blank page, and crafting compelling stories. Anne Bernays is author of nine novels, including Professor Romeo and Growing Up Rich, and co-author of What If?, one of the most widely used guides to creative writing. A teacher of fiction writing at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, she has published essays in The New York Times and other major publications.
Metaphor is most familiar as the literary device through which we describe one thing in terms of another, as when Shakespeare has Romeo say: “Juliet is the sun.” But metaphor is much more than a literary device employed by love-struck poets when they refer to their girlfriends as interstellar masses of incandescent gas. Metaphor is intensely yet inconspicuously present in everything from economics and advertising to politics and business to science and psychology. We utter about one metaphor for every 10 to 25 words,...
How do you capture your most profound ideas and emotions in poems? The award-winning Canadian poet leads a workshop in poetic inspiration, with exercises that link life experience and poetic expression. Suitable for both novices and tried-and-true poets.
Join us as we bring the literary history of Cambridge and Harvard to life through an entertaining and educational walking tour. Cambridge has a wealth of stories from over 375 years of being home to America’s literary luminaries, from Henry David Thoreau to William S. Burroughs, T.S. Eliot to Margaret Atwood. It's also home to the oldest dedicated poetry bookstore and some of the oldest literary societies in the U.S. Costumed guides provide an experience full of humor and stories that make learning history...
The directors of metaLAB (at) Harvard and authors of "The Library Beyond the Book" in conversation with Nicco Mele, a thinker about social media and the evolution of communities, about what futures we face with reading and writing.
Come learn about how Harvard humanities are incorporating the next great wave of technology and presentation, as its pioneering Humanities Studios present interactive documentaries, the library reimagined as charging station, the book as playable card deck, the inflatable reading room, and other inventions. Light refreshments served.
Join us as we bring the literary history of Cambridge and Harvard to life through an entertaining and educational walking tour. Cambridge has a wealth of stories from over 375 years of being home to America’s literary luminaries, from Henry David Thoreau to William S. Burroughs, T.S. Eliot to Margaret Atwood. It's also home to the oldest dedicated poetry bookstore and some of the oldest literary societies in the U.S. Costumed guides provide an experience full of humor and stories that make learning history fascinating and fun. This event is produced in conjunction with...
