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Bestselling author Dave Eggers, whose most recent book is a fictionalized memoir of a Sudanese refugee, and Valentino Achak Deng, the refugee who inspired the novel, emphasized the power of the written word in educating the public about genocide in Darfur in a conversation at Memorial Church yesterday. The two men fielded questions about how they wrote the book, titled “What is the What,” and Eggers’ choice to relate Valentino’s story through a novel rather than through a traditional nonfiction medium. Such a decision, Eggers explained, came after prolonged...
...middle of the standings.“At the end of the day, I’m disappointed, the team’s disappointed, and we’ve dug ourselves a hole if we want to make the playoffs now,” said captain and setter Dave Fitz. “But we’ve just got to win out and hopefully a couple teams will lose.”SPRINGFIELD 3, HARVARD 2Harvard dropped the fourth and fifth games on Saturday night, letting Springfield get away with...
...men’s Nordic, junior Oliver Burruss took 43rd in the 10K classic with a time of 27:35.8. Not far behind him was sophomore Dave McCahill at the 48th spot with...
...will help you out a little, labeling something as either fiction or memoir. But then we come to “What is the What,” labeled as both the “autobiography of Valentino Achek Deng” and a “novel by Dave Eggers.” Eggers has toyed with us in this way before, taking extensive creative liberties in his bestselling memoir “A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius.” Perhaps the better question in this moving new book about a Sudanese refugee isn?...
...Weissbourd and sophomore outside hitter Jeff Nathan after Nelson’s dominant late ace sealed the game and the match. “We did a really good job of spreading the ball around and getting a good hit percentage,” said senior co-captain Dave Fitz. “We got our focus back and stayed motivated to finish the match.” Looking ahead, Harvard looks to continue their winning ways against considerably tougher opposition this weekend with NYU and Springfield visiting the Malkin Athletic Center. With continued dedication to good form and remaining...