Word: essaysã
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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...than life itself. Two fascinating pieces recount her rather daring directorial debut in Sarajevo in 1993, a time when rifle rounds were still zinging lethally across Sniper’s Alley. The play, Waiting for Godot, could have been exploited facilely—both in performance and in these essays??for its uncomfortable relevance in a place of such imminent mortality. But it is typical of Sontag that she embraces nuances whenever possible and measures out her observations carefully, with the political message demurely concealed beneath the aesthetic...
Anonymous reports, sent back to University Hall, would provide a dramatic portrait of what it is like to move, year by year, through Harvard concentrations. Gusmorino has suggested that “mini-essays?? from concentrators and information from senior surveys should be included in the proposed concentration CUE guide, but it seems the whole proposal is stuck in an early planning stage. This project should be a serious priority, with a budget to staff it over the summer, just like the CUE’s course guide. Maybe then all the stereotypes can be dismissed?...
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