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...about the 1963 incident in which Plath gassed herself after Hughes left her for another woman had led many to presume that he was hard-hearted, if not a murderer (and they kept hacking his name off her Yorkshire gravestone). That was until the sudden and unassuming launch of "Birthday Letters" earlier this year, in which Hughes finally let loose all the pent-up feelings about his former love the only way he knew how -? through poetry. "I see you there, clearer, more real/ than in any of the years in its shadow/ as if I saw you that once...
...Birthday Letters" was quite a departure. Hughes? main talent lay in his powerful depiction of the savagery of nature -? the brutally Darwinian animal world, the intense reality of the English countryside -? and a mournfully steady eye for detail first praised by his mentor T.S. Eliot. He was not a natural choice for poet laureate, whose official duties include celebrating the queen?s birthday and commemorating other royal occasions. Many feared that like Wordsworth, one of his predecessors in the role, his talent and love of nature would be stifled. But Hughes sparkled. His 1997 offering, "Tales of Ovid...
...Quad house to visit a friend who was having a bad night. Couldn't get in with my Harvard ID, so I had to wait 10 minutes outside until someone who lived there showed up. Last Thursday, I went to Kirkland House to stop by a friend's birthday party. Couldn't get in with my Harvard ID, so I had to corral someone to walk over from another entryway and let me in. Last Saturday night, I was supposed to meet someone at the Quincy Coffeehouse. Couldn't get in with my Harvard ID, so I had to wait...
...United Nations' 52nd birthday this past Saturday marked the end of an especially eventful year. The U.N. has struggled with crisises in Iraq, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Kosovo. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's visit to Harvard last month underscored the University's global profile and the importance of the U.N. in responding to the changes in the international scene...
...things I have said so far have pertained to the loud, dark, sweaty type of Harvard party. For the other type of classy party, where friends get together and perhaps go out for dinner, celebrate a birthday, a new job or another of the many achievements that Harvard students are prone to rack up, you should cc the list. Be sure to talk to the people attending the party so that each invitee knows what they are getting into. That way, if there are concerns say, about warring factions of the Undergraduate Council (wait, we have a student government?) attending...