Word: hesse
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Hess said that the differences between last year's lists created a great amount of publicity for the course...
According to Lindy Hess, director of the course, the selection process was an informal one. "I asked members of this class to write down their favorite book and why they loved it," Hess said. "It is a good way to get a sense of who they are, by what books they like...
...Last year, Random House put together a list of the top 100 novels of the 20th century," Hess explained. "They asked the Radcliffe course to also put together a hundred, they were kind of competitive. This year, we just asked the students to pick their top ten favorite books...
Last year's list was published in over 150 newspapers. Hess said that she did not expect the same result this year...
...think it will get as much publicity," Hess said. "Last year was the big story. We did our own list using the same 500 books that the random house modern library used, and so there were 2 lists out there and they were so different that a lot of people found it fascinating...