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...images of his native English landscape before a packed audience last night. Speaking some lines with slow, measured syllables and others with rapid, beat-like inflections, Armitage led his audience to laugh at his unexpected images, tap their fingers to the beat of his words, and lean forward to catch his every fading syllable. “Simon’s poetry behaves characteristically in a very recognizable geography of everyday life,” English Professor W. James Simpson said in introduction. “But they also have the capacity to invest that ordinary experience with mystery, surprise...
...answer, at least in the traditional sense, is a troubling “no.” It’s true that “genius” has become a catch-all term of praise for everything from violin playing to political strategy. Yet modern understanding of the word is best explicated by rapper and self-proclaimed genius Kanye West, as good a barometer of the cultural zeitgeist as any: “If you read books—which I don’t, none at all—about how to become a billionaire, they always...
...Read "Newspapers Catch Mug-Shot Mania...
Besides, with the absence of cable in most Harvard dorm rooms, you should be using your time at the MAC to catch up on Top Chef, not staring at your neighbor’s calorie counter...
...cheaper than that, but it comes with a catch. Terraces behind each end zone have been set aside as standing room for $29 a head. The Cowboys call those tickets "party passes," because standees get to mill around, chug beer and do their own sack dances if that's what they're in the mood for - they're the sports-world equivalent of free-range chickens. But knowing that the most affordable tickets don't actually get you a seat does nothing to discourage the suspicion that even fewer than that 7% of all fans will be able...