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...second, “Death of a Naturalist,” received the E.C. Gregory award, given by the British Society of Authors to writers under 30, as well as the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, given to authors under 40. His next book, “Door Into the Dark,” was published in 1969, and established Heaney as a major figure in the poetry world. Heaney published steadily during the 1970s, including his acclaimed volume “North” in 1975 and accepted a post as visiting professor at Harvard in 1981. He was elected...
...Aside from a glut of straight up banal sentences - "Biddinger's great talent, Billy knew, was that at any sudden moment he could drop his easy friendliness, let his dark eyes narrow into two slits like gun holes, and turn mean." (Slits like gun holes?) - one of Blum's three main characters, D.W. Griffith, doesn't even really belong in the book. Despite Blum's best efforts to incorporate the director, Griffith plays no part in the crime, investigation or subsequent court case. The book's epilogue, in which Griffith, Darrow, and Burns briefly walk by each other...
...Levine drew out the long lines of the lyrical theme, sustained by the cello and viola sections. The five-minute work received applause, which was soon replaced with quiet anticipation of Latvian soprano Maija Kovalevska’s debut with the Boston Symphony. Attired in a dark-colored floor-length dress that was scintillating under the bright stage lights, Kovalevska strode gracefully to the left of the podium and nodded slightly to Levine before he struck the downbeat of the Letter Scene from Tchaikovsky’s opera, “Eugene Onegin.” The young artist?...
...then, three more “Community Advisories” have arrived—one detailing an incident involving a handgun. That got me thinking. One evening I decided against strolling to Lamont, knowing that the return journey would require me to walk back to the River in the dark, alone...
...correction, returned many times throughout the afternoon. At one point Christo wagged his long, thin forefinger at Jeanne-Claude, but for much of the time his hand rested on hers, or hers rested on his. Christo looks a bit like Woody Allen, with his floppy grey hair and dark, thick glasses. He was casually put-together, mixing an old khaki pocketed jacket with jeans and loafers. But where Allen is nervous and pessimistic, Christo is joyful and energetic.The evening finished with an award dinner held overlooking the city and Boston harbor from the ICA’s stunning glass theater...