Word: authorly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...nonprofit Urban Institute recently examined 51 programs aimed at boosting achievement among black youths. Its conclusion? The best results come from long-term programs with intensive (that usually means expensive) services that guide a child into adulthood. Richard Majors, co-author of the study, says; "Our research shows that young men who go through mentor programs and manhood-training programs have higher self-esteem and grade-point averages and are less likely to drop out of school...
...even the most devoted dads can't get jobs where there are none or start a business where there's no start-up capital-problems that conservatives pay lip service to at best. "You can't solve these problems on individual transformation alone,'' warns Harvard University professor and author Cornel West...
...that the main speaker at the Million Man March was not Glenn Loury, the Boston University economist and author (One by One from the Inside Out) who brings more clarity and decency to the subject of race in America than almost anyone else. Is integration mere sentimentality? Is justice not the deeper need, the more attainable? Can there be justice without integration? What kind of justice, and for whom...
...farce? The dream sequence of a sitcom? A fraternity skit? A metaphysical romp? Martin is one of the most versatile comic artists in America: screenwriter (The Jerk, Roxanne), actor, brilliant stand-up comedian, as well as author of several short plays (four of which will be on a bill next month at New York City's Public Theater). While so many comics ossify by relying on a few dependable crowd-pleasing gags and catchphrases, Martin keeps evolving...
VLADIMIR NABOKOV DIED IN 1977 to mixed reviews. Not everyone was captivated by his erudition, multilingual wordplay and narrative frolics. But those who tuned to his wavelength came to appreciate that the style and gamesmanship so intimidating to his competition disguised the author's larger task: to heighten the pleasures of the natural world and the gratifications of personal creativity...