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...providing me with a serious literary community where students could read the work of other students and discuss contemporary literature.” Douglas Mao ’87, currently an English professor at John Hopkins University, credits the Advocate for encouraging his then-nascent interest in literature. Though he concentrated in biology at Harvard, he realized during his junior year that his true calling was English, not medicine. After his work was accepted and published by the Advocate, Mao describes feeling encouraged. “The Advocate helped me feel where my heart was going...
...Harvard Crimson: What courses are each of you teaching now and what is your favorite part about each of them?David Damrosch: I’m doing a world literature survey course, for undergraduates: Literature 11. My favorite part of it is really finding interesting juxtapositions of works around the world. I have a lot of fun teaching it; for example, the Moliere play ‘Tartuffe’ along with Chikamatsu Monzaemon’s ‘The Love Suicides at Amijima’ is really fun... In this, what’s really interesting is these...
...last fall.Obtaining the rights to publish a book is only the beginning of an extended process. Authors keep in constant contact with their editors, as they send in chapters and discuss ideas.“They helped me present my material so that it would maximize its interest and reach beyond just other academic specialists,” Micale explains.Manuscript editors then go through the draft to improve the quality of the prose. Before it can be printed, the manuscript must also be reviewed anonymously by two other experts in the field. Then the book, vetted and designed, can finally...
...profit maximization for shareholders is not a primary concern. As a result, the credit union is able to offer more competitive rates and arrangements for borrowers. “Everyone shares profits equally through lower rates,” Foley said, explaining that the credit union acts in the interest of all its members. Harvard administrators are not negotiating with any other lenders at the moment, University spokesman Kevin Galvin said, as the graduate schools have already begun to accept students for the next academic year. —Staff writer Athena Y. Jiang can be reached at ajiang@fas.harvard.edu...
...History, Philosophy, and Literature” bridges this modern divide. At a university often considered overly stuffy and grown-up, she has tapped into an apparent longing for childhood.Tatar, who has translated and published numerous collections of classic fairy tales, seems pleased with what she perceives to be genuine interest. “Maybe students were looking for a gut. It sounds easier than, say, ‘Shakespeare’s Problem Plays,’” she reflects. “But there is something very mature about their approach. I think many are looking...