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...Enlightenment figure, who would you be and why?LD: Oh, I’d be his friend Denis Diderot, who as I just mentioned is the author of ‘Jacques Le Fataliste.’ Rousseau was a really difficult character; his insecurity ran pretty deep. He placed tremendous demands on friends. Diderot was his best friend for over 10 years, and they ended up never speaking to each other. Rousseau was the greater genius, incredibly original and profound. Diderot was like us: he got A grades in school, he could speak fluently on any subject...
...undergraduate, Bennett attended Deep Springs College and finished his B.A. in English at Harvard University. He received his Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) from the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop and is earning his Ph.D. in English at Harvard this year. His dissertation is on the rise of creative writing programs after World War II. He is currently working on his second novel...
...Carnegie Scholars program has focused on Islam for the last four years, but this is the final year with this theme. “There is a deep public interest and need to have some clarifying work that would illuminate understanding of Islam and Muslim societies,” said Rosenfield...
...point, Tania R. James ’03 dismissed writing as a viable career option. Even from a very early age, James was drawn to writing. “I guess I was always writing, you know, in the way little kids do, with complete freedom and deep seriousness,” said James. Although she continued writing in high school, James encountered opposition from her parents when she began to consider it as a career. Her mother dismissed writing as an “unstable profession.” “I kind of shared her belief that...
Lugo, meanwhile, is using his election anniversary to help make Paraguayans forget the affair. This week he moved up the start of what he calls the "relaunching" of his government to accelerate sorely needed but stalled projects like hospital and health-care reform and an offensive against Paraguay's deep-seated official and business corruption. "These are the things Paraguayans care more about him confronting at this point," says Rehnfeldt. "If he starts delivering on them, then his popularity won't take too big a hit from the paternity scandal." If he doesn't, however, Paraguayans might make Lugo...