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...better part of 200 years, conservatives followed a different path. British statesman Edmund Burke was the movement's founder. A fierce critic of the French Revolution, Burke had contempt for rigid ideologues of all stripes and instead attached conservatism to restraint, custom and convention...
...Harvard’s first poetry workshops and immersing himself in the work of Surrealist painters Max Ernst and Joan Miró in a class on 20th century art. Ashbery did write a thesis, on W.H. Auden, though he has always considered himself more of a poet than a critic. “I think of the two as opposites,” he says. “Writing poetry is striking out and finding something you don’t know yet, whereas criticism is dealing with something you do know about or are about to know about...
...organized an Arts First show featuring student artwork that uses textiles as a point of inspiration. “Latent/Lubricious (Fabrication Methods)” opens tonight in the Adams Art Space. Lien’s interpretation of textiles and fashion was influenced by critic Theodor Adorno’s views on pop culture as a means of producing commodities. Student artists including Anna J. Murphy ’12, Sabrina Chou ’09, Dana M. Kase ’11, and Amy M. Yoshitsu ’10 have contributed pieces to the exhibition...
Ruth Reichl, editor-in-chief of Gourmet magazine and former New York Times restaurant critic, had a mother who was a terrible cook. So it's fairly obvious that Reichl grew up into a very different woman than the one who raised her. The differences do not end there, however. In her newest book, Not Becoming My Mother (and Other Things She Taught Me Along the Way), Reichl examines her mom's old letters and explores her parent's ideas about young women (pretty is more important than smart) as well as her mother's bipolar disorder. Reichl talked...
...would be a nationwide search to find a new program director.The search, which was not advertised until November 2008, ultimately led to the recent announcement that Jehn would stay on as the Writing Program’s permanent director.Jehn’s selection has prompted both praise and criticism as those with knowledge of the program consider how his selection will affect the direction the program will take in the future.AN ADMINISTRATIVE FOCUSA graduate of the University of Chicago and the University of Virginia, Jehn first came to Harvard in 1997 as an Expos preceptor. Jehn has since climbed...