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Although I enjoyed editing children??s books and helping run Stories, the emails that I received from Arts-l bothered me constantly. For months I debated fully returning to 14 Plympton Street, until the Georges Conference made me realize that if I had become bored with writing reviews and features when stories were everywhere then maybe I was looking for my niche in too many places. Maybe I wasn’t letting myself reshape my memories by adjusting my activities. The weekend of the conference, I decided to stay with Stories but also return...
Student authors say that they are most often influenced by other writers, who represent genres ranging from the classics to children??s literature and who are not necessarily affiliated with the Harvard brand...
Another Harvard writer, Isabel E. Kaplan ’12, says she has been inspired by the storybooks of her childhood—principally the popular children??s series “Ramona” by Beverly Cleary. In fact, Kaplan says that she decided to become a writer after reading Cleary’s books at the age of five...
Demands to know Venables’s new crime reek of hysterical persecution and desire for revenge. The 1993 murder sent a jolt throughout Britain, and disgust at the event lead to adults crowding around the court, where they banged on the children??s van, thirsty for retribution. Similarly, the desire for information about the new crime of an ex-convict seems to be a product of natural but legally unreasonable anger. Comparably strong emotions affected the original trial, and the European Court of Human Rights later ruled that the high scrutiny and “incomprehensible...
Eric Carle, author and illustrator of children??s books including perennial best-seller “The Very Hungry Caterpillar,” spoke at the Graduate School of Education last Thursday. Now 81 years old, he recounted stories from his childhood in Germany during World War II and the role of that “world of grey” in forming his love for color. FM caught up with Carle for a few questions...