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Ringo's post-Beatles canon rarely attracts such superlatives, although singles like It Don't Come Easy and Photograph made the charts and won plaudits. So did his acting, most notably in the 1973 film That'll Be the Day. He gave it up anyway. "I came to the conclusion that there are a lot of good actors out there," he says. "I'm really just a personality who can learn a few lines...
...day’s work. As the publisher of the Harvard Advocate, Morgan is largely responsible for producing the literary magazine. “Being on the fiction board really gave me the opportunity to not be given books that had been handed down through the canon, but short stories written by students that might be terrible and might be wonderful,” says Morgan. “I’m much more in touch with myself because of that.” As a transfer from the film program in NYU’s Tisch School...
Furthermore, given Harvard’s historically reluctance to support disciplines outside the standard academic canon, the creation of a film studies Ph.D. is an opportunity to underscore the significance of artistic study. The proposal is particularly fitting in the context of University President Drew G. Faust’s much-publicized initiative to promote the arts on campus. And the Ph.D. program will require almost no new funds: Given the program’s small size and the availability of resources, neither a dramatically expanded budget nor new hiring will be necessary to get the program off the ground...
Relatively unknown among the Shakespeare canon, “Titus Andronicus” is a difficult work to tackle. Although the production was a little rough-edged, the cast and crew deserve kudos simply for their daring...
...Scandalous Gospel” may come up short for many readers.“The Scandalous Gospel” combines fairly simple biblical interpretation with very adept explanation from the incredibly eloquent Harvard pastor. The book isn’t meant to add to the canon of interpretation, but rather to reach the readers who need it most—those who may not know Jesus in the “socialist” light in which Gomes presents him, for example. As he puts it, “For readers from all traditions, including those who are just discovering...