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...consummate literary bravery, a writer known for her clarity narrating the loss of that clarity, allowing us to watch her mind as it becomes clouded with grief. But the book also reproduces, in its formal progression from those first raw, frenzied impressions to a more composed account of mourning, Didion's recovery. She literally wrote herself back to sanity. "Writing is the only way I've ever gained clarity," she says. "I don't go through life with a lot of clear-formed thoughts. It's not till I sit down and write that I really know what I think...
...Your reporting on Katrina has shown the world the ugly and dark side of the U.S., the side in which the color of the skin or the size of a bank account takes top priority. We all watched the agony and suffering of Americans, and we felt for them. Perhaps the time has come for the U.S. to review its priorities and become more compassionate and morally obligated toward its people. Next time, instead of preaching to other countries about human-rights issues, the U.S. should try to look more closely at what is happening at home. Shame...
...Tunshan woman she calls Kaja. Accordingly, Kuraj sometimes reads like an ethnosociological monograph, with exacting descriptions of Tunshan customs and ceremonies, as well as Lord of the Rings dialogue ("May Qormusda grant you long life, khan of the Tunshan"). Such false notes are rare. Di Natale's account of the fighting at Stalingrad is thrilling, her descriptions of postwar German privations heartbreaking, her imagery cunning (Berger, for instance, hitches a ride to the killing fields of Stalingrad on a truckload of sheep), and her insights into the weirdness of Western ways perceptive. Back home, "I would already have...
Wednesday, Oct. 5. “Imperial Grunts: The American Military on the Ground.” Robert D. Kaplan, longtime correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly, gives an eyewitness account of American armed forces engaged in the war on terrorism in the Philippines, Mongolia, Afghanistan, and Iraq. 6:30 p.m. Harvard Book Store...
Seriously, what corporate whack-off marketing loser came up with the idea of making people think they’re about to get robbed? Funny, that doesn’t really make me want to open a new account...