Word: jimming
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...this weekend for a big-time exhibition series at the Bright Hockey Center. Sixth-ranked Harvard hosted McGill—currently the No. 2 team in Canada—for the two-game tuneup to the regular season. The matchup boasted enough star power to draw Jim Shatford, a regional scout for Team Canada women’s hockey, to the press box. “From a scouting standpoint, it’s always nice to evaluate the Canadians and the Americans when they play together,” Shatford said. “We have a mixture...
...faux-angst that lead-singer Jim Adkins’ voice projects, the album as a whole is without heart. Where mobs of skinny high school boys could once connect with the band’s intense—albeit fractured and unfocused—honesty, here the music sounds cheap and phoned-in. It’s easy to get lost in the monochrome sheen of throw-away numbers like the title track and its counterparts...
...isn’t what I’d call well.” King, the editor of “The Best American Short Stories 2007,” was joined at the Harvard Book Store event by Heidi Pitlor, the series editor, and contributing authors Jim Shepard, Karen Russell, and Richard Russo to discuss the state of short fiction. NO MORE ‘ASS IN THE AIR’ King said his decision to edit the collection was driven by a desire to reconnect with short fiction, to read as many stories as possible, and to garner...
...parenting guide “Dare to Discipline” another chance. “It is not necessary to beat the child into submission; a little bit of pain goes a long way for a small child,” he tells us boldly. Lead the way, Jim...
...King came to Memorial Church last night for a panel and book signing to promote “The Best American Short Stories 2007.” King, who served as a guest editor for the book, was joined by Heidi Pitlor, the editor of the series, and Jim Shepard, Karen Russell, and Richard Russo, who each contributed short stories to the anthology. The editors and writers focused their discussion on short stories and read excerpts from the compilation. King spoke briefly about his experience as a guest editor and said that short-story writing is becoming a lost...