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...greatest living writer. Shiva Naipaul’s work is more than worthy of notice on its own merits, but in so far as he has been remembered at all in recent years, it has been as V.S. Naipaul’s brother.Like the elder Naipaul, Shiva began his career writing comic novels set in their family’s native Trinidad; works such as “Fireflies” and “The Chip-Chip Gatherers” won literary prizes and critical approval, and although he would write only one more novel in his lifetime...
...unlike the generation of grunge bands it inspired, it never seemed meant to last. Well-beloved but critically understated in general, the band was, for a time, the middle-child of indie rock’s late-eighties inception; robbed both of Sonic Youth’s extended-career veneration and the Pixies’ cult-pop status, Dinosaur Jr. was expected to produce a single masterpiece—namely 1987’s “You’re Living All Over Me,”—and languish into its prescribed stoner-rock loveseat...
Caleb L. Weatherl ’10, an admitted student and economics concentrator who has been heavily involved in politics on campus, said that no matter what his career goals are, an HBS education is valuable. Weatherl is also a Crimson editorial editor...
...America after college and always thought he would do something with Latin American politics. Instead, he showed up in New York with his guitar and little else planned.Though Harvard’s resources could let them make music, there was no guidance in how to turn it into a career. “Were there a lot of resources on how to do it? No,” Snyder says. “There wasn’t a career fair you could go to.” In New York, their Harvard degrees proved unhelpful and, in some cases...
...many peaceful, laid-back gems are testaments to a band that, after years of conflicting ambitions and changing lineups, has finally settled down. If it ages as well as the underrated “Sky Blue Sky,” it will certainly come to be regarded as a career highlight. —Staff writer Keshava D. Guha can be reached at kdguha@fas.harvard.edu...