HAROLD SAYS . . . is a weekly column by your Herald team of things we’d like you to do.
Listen
- Evermore, Taylor Swift (2020)
- “Age of Consent,” New Order (1983)
- “Streets of Philadelphia,” Bruce Springsteen (1993) (and also the Waxahatchee cover from 2021)
Read
- In the Freud Archives, Janet Malcolm (1983, but specifically the 2002 NYRB edition with the afterword)
- Telepathy, Susan Howe (2014)
Watch
- You Can See Everything (2026)
- Sense and Sensibility (2026)
Attend
- “Cave Canem: A Home for Black Poetry” at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (now until May 2027)
- Yale Dancers: “YD On the Line” (November 6-7)
And Remember
- Don’t sweat the small stuff.


