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Since he left the fledgling Afro-American Studies department in 1977, Isaac has said the University circumvented established tenure procedures by rejecting the validity of his specialty, African languages and culture. Because of his race and Ethiopian nationality, Isaac's protests have fueled charges of discrimination by Harvard...
...University requested last December that the federal court handling the case drop Isaac's complaint, but Judge Walter J. Skinner '48 of the First District Federal Court in Boston rejected the proposal, saying the case raises "genuine disputed issues of material fact...
...lawsuit, which his attorney expects to come to trial by winter or early spring, Isaac is also seeking a tenured appointment to the Faculty...
...press conference, the National Council for Black Studies threw its full support behind Isaac, calling the case an example of barriers facing Afro-American studies nationwide...
...novel in 17 years, comes as a welcome reminder of her commanding powers as a storyteller. Her previous book, Art and Ardor, a collection of essays published last spring, revealed her to be one of the most vigorously intellectual of contemporary American authors. Still, no other fiction writer except Isaac Bashevis Singer has succeeded so brilliantly in harnessing what Ozick has called "the steeds of myth and mysticism" in the Jewish tradition. The wonder is that her style has remained as disciplined and supple as it was in her first novel, Trust (1966). Clearly, Ozick continues to meet Henry James...