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...contributors to the volume usually describe their own methods, always cautioning readers that the key to literary journalism is finding your own voice, your own way of doing things. Take the four opinions about whether or not a writer of creative nonfiction should use a tape recorder. Adam Hochschild ’63 writes, “I’m deeply grateful for the invention...it takes care of the soundtrack in a far more accurate way than I can by taking notes.” Gay Talese considers the device sacrilegious: “I espouse patience...
...that African Americans only make up 12 to 13 percent of the population,” Gay says. But colleagues praise Gay for gracefully navigatingunmarked territory.“Her work is beautifully done, the way she sets up the data and thinks of counterarguments,” Hochschild says. After examining voting patterns in congressional districts, Gay is now shrinking her field of focus. Her latest work identifies demographic movement and neighborhood interactions, such as the exodus of African Americans out of poor neighborhoods. “Getting access to better neighborhoods erodes the salience of race for African...
...Kleinman and Hochschild said the committee charged with implementing the reforms will also have a crucial impact on the new shape of a Harvard education...
...specific guidelines they develop for the general education course categories will be especially important, Hochschild said...
...we’ll get a lot of new courses. If people say, ‘I’m tired of thinking about this, I don’t have time,’ we won’t,” Jayne Professor of Government Jennifer L. Hochschild said...