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...books. "These books are included in some of the best literature out there," Vinson said. "Also, if we're trying to align the SAT more with school curricula, that's something we can't do if we exclude these books." Other committee members heartily agreed that passages from William Faulkner and James Joyce--authors typically assigned only in the best schools--should also be considered for inclusion. Students who have already read these authors will have a clear advantage over those who haven...
American writers are chock-full of homespun originality and pith. How to account for the dreck produced by American students? I don’t think it’s our fault; it’s what they do to us. Faulkner said that writing is about killing your darlings. When we write papers, we slaughter our ancestors and submit ourselves to sterilization. I wish someone had taken me aside during Freshman Week and told me then what I have since learned the hard way: that the fundamental principle of paper-writing consists in saying things that sound vaguely familiar...
...might involve three of the entertainment world’s most attractive individuals “Do, Dump or Marry: Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell.” For others, it might be the three greatest modern American writers. “Do, Dump or Marry: Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner.” And, yet, for minor campus celebrity and former Crimson sports chair David R. DeRemer ’03, it was three of Harvard’s prominent female varsity athletes (whose names will be withheld). “Uhh...do I really have to dump...
...club, but this time she will focus on the classics. This should help avoid any unpleasantness, such as the flap that arose with author Jonathan Franzen. After Oprah anointed his book The Corrections, Franzen expressed ambivalence about having his novel embraced by Oprah fans. By choosing works by Shakespeare, Faulkner, Hemingway and other dead people, she will probably circumvent such ingratitude...
Students aren’t surprised to hear about Hare’s unconventional work outside the classroom. Molly M. Faulkner-Bond ’06, who knew Hare as her TF last semester, says Milo was a constant companion in section. “Brian explained to us that [Milo] was lonely left at home during the day and the neighbors were sick of his barking,” she says. “In section he usually just sat under the table and you forgot he was there...