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...Damrosch’s words, Menand is “a highly visible and public individual.” But English Department Chair Lawrence Buell said he is not at all concerned that Menand’s prominence will distract from his scholarly work or his teaching at Harvard—indeed, he says it will be an immense boon...
...He’s a person who speaks to thinking people both inside the academy and well beyond its walls,” Buell said, linking this switch-hitting to a Harvard tradition. “Harvard is a place where many faculty, not all but many, find themselves speaking to wider publics because of the centrality of the place. Menand already does that...
...Buell said that while three of four offers of junior faculty positions were accepted in the English department this year, the fourth turned Harvard down for Brown because of better chances for tenure there...
...Goldberg’s message spread, so did the unrest over the poet’s invitation, and within a week Department Chair Lawrence Buell announced that Paulin’s invitation had been withdrawn...
While acknowledging possible “counter-charges of censorship,” Buell said at the time that the department wanted to prevent any “undue consternation and divisiveness” that might result from the poet’s visit...