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...Facing Animals” colloquium, this scenario is presented as one of many to explore the controversial nuances of ethical animal treatment. “I think our intuitions provide clear direction. We ought to torture the horse,” says Patricia Herzog, panelist and author. Not all panelists agree: Martha C. Nussbaum, a professor of law and ethics at the University of Chicago Law School, recounts a “happy story” about an Asian elephant at the Bronx zoo (named “Happy”) that liked to look in the mirror. When researchers...
...Matrix,” and “28 Days Later,” “Rant” is sure to be gratifying for Palahniuk’s faithful readers and “virgins” alike. Palahniuk, the author of such titles as “Fight Club” and “Choke,” has a unique and twisted writing style easily recognizable from a hundred miles away. His quick narrative movements force the reader to hold on, following along in limbo between laughing, crying, or vomiting. It?...
...flexibility and the individual attention that students receive in those departments, Ryan says.Bryn M. Neuenschwander ’02 entered Harvard with an interest in anthropology and science fiction, left with a degree in anthropology and folklore and mythology, and now goes by the pen name Marie Brennan. Neuenschwander, author of two science fiction novels, says that a class she took with Foster sparked her writing career. “Out of her course I got $500 and a trip to Florida,” Neuenschwander says, referring to a prize she won for a story on a topic...
...Mike Allen, a TIME contributor, is the author of "Mike's Must Reads" at Politico.com...
...cons - but each cottage has a small garden and access to a quiet beach with mesmerizing views of the medieval walled town of Portoferraio. It's also here that John Le Carré set part of his best-selling novel, The Constant Gardener, and in his author's note he urges readers to visit: "There is even an oil room [once used for crushing olives, now for wine tastings] where those in search of life's answers to life's great riddles may seek temporary seclusion." Or at least, some fine Elban wine. www.tenutalachiusa.it