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...being an integral piece of school curriculum is not new to Lowry. The author??s Newberry Prize-winning novel, The Giver, about a community that, in order to end conflict, gives up colors, weather, choices and love, is read at schools throughout the world. “They read The Giver in Germany,” Lowry says, “as the beginning of their unit on World War II—the teachers use the community in the book as an example of the effects of totalitarian rule to soften the blow of upcoming lessons...
Other parts of Jackson’s guide are more inspirational. In the author??s note, for example, she attempts to reach out to her target audience of students from public schools who may be the first in their family or town to go to a prestigious college: “You have nothing to lose and a lifetime of wonderful memories and experiences to gain...
...Poet Laureate, is the first African American to have earned the distinction, as well as the youngest. She is also the wordsmith behind the stunning “Thomas and Beulah,” which won the Pulitzer Prize. Wideman’s Hoop Roots, an exploration of the author??s passion for basketball, is a complex and dynamic work that touches upon black language and music. Wednesday, March 5 at 5 p.m. Sackler Museum...
MARTHA MINOW. The author??s new work, Breaking the Cycles of Hatred, collects three essays by Minow and a number of responses by prominent legal and political thinkers. The fascinating (not to mention quite relevant) discourse revolves around ways in which violence begets violence, and explores issues such as the roles played by collective memory and legal action. Sure to be an enlightening and thought-provoking event. Friday, Feb. 28 at 3 p.m. Harvard Book Store, 1256 Mass...
...author??s notes section of Firehouse, Halberstam writes that he felt it his journalistic duty to write the book, given his close ties to the incident...