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...facts about aging and death (it turns out your soul doesn't weigh 21 grams after all, and your hair and nails do not keep growing postmortem) and quotations ("After 30, a man wakes up sad every morning, excepting perhaps five or six, until the day of his death"--Emerson). The result is an edifying, wise, unclassifiable mixture of filial love and Oedipal rage. "I want him to live forever," Shields writes, "and I want him to die tomorrow...
...Connolly grew up in West Roxbury, a leafy neighborhood that was once the site of a utopian experiment led by the likes of Ralph Waldo Emerson. His interest in politics began at an early age, sparked by the public careers of his family. His father, Michael, served as secretary of the commonwealth from 1979 to 1994, and his mother works as a judge in the state district court system...
...iconic as the Eiffel Tower, the Boston Athenaeum was one of the nation’s first independent libraries. Created in 1806, it quickly became a huge success. By 1851, it was one of the five largest libraries in the United States. Past members include Ralph Waldo Emerson, class of 1821, and John Quincy Adams, class of 1787. Nowadays, paid membership is still required. The building retains its 19th century feel through its architecture and interior design, as well as its aged patronage and solemn security guard. Kellner’s depiction of the prestigious Athenaeum is modern...
...piano at the same time.RR: So, what’s this I hear about some show coming up?KB: The big show is called “IGP Laugh Riot Festival X: The Enchanted Forest.” We have a bunch of troupes coming, troupes from Wesleyan, Emerson, Dartmouth, and we’re just gonna do a ton of improv.RR: Alright. What’s the funniest thing you’ve ever said?KB: In a scene? I was doing a scene where I was kind of this suave skier, and so, I’d taken...
...infotainment and a bottom-line corporate mentality. In this new culture, Jacoby says, scope is sacrificed for sales and science is increasingly drowned amidst the white noise of politicized junk-thought. Even the habit of reading appears increasingly obsolete. The strictly secular, intellectual merit of Jefferson, Paine, and Emerson that founded the country has given way to the lionization of celebrities and the perpetuation of anti-intellectual ideals (namely creationism and gender stereotyping) that most other modernized nations have long left behind. Only a stunting of American culture, Jacoby contends, could possibly account for the election...