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Smith wrote The Autograph Man in the midst of the widespread public acclaim for White Teeth, but in spite of the commotion, she says she found that no writer can get away from the lonely task of writing. At some point, she says, “you just go home, and nobody calls...
...only has Christopher P. Taylor ’92 done both, he has also emerged as one of the great young American pianists, garnering several major awards and considerable attention for his masterful approach to contemporary music. Taylor gained recent acclaim for his performance of “Vingt Regards,” which has been called some of the most complex and difficult music ever written for piano...
...last round of the 1993 competition was dominated by Rachmoninoff concertos, but Taylor impressed the judges with his interpretations of the Brahms concerto in B-flat major and Bach’s concerto in d minor, and received wide acclaim for the resulting recording. He saved Rachmaninoff for an encore, when he played the “Etude-Tableau...
While serving as chair of the history department Kirby received acclaim for the appointment of several senior female faculty members...
Lif’s long-awaited full-length debut I Phantom hit stores in 2002 to substantial critical acclaim (including in The Crimson). He says he worried that the album, which traces a central character’s struggle for success and happiness amidst the banality of modern life, was “too heady” for a listening public focused on catchy singles and fly but air-headed rhymes...