Word: kenan
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...world he created in Yoknapatawpha County, perhaps the best-known plot of literary real estate, exerts its influence over the aspirations of the region's writers and the expectations of readers and critics. It could therefore be construed as an act of either bravado or foolishness that Randall Kenan, who lives in Memphis and was raised in North Carolina, has also constructed a fictional Southern locale, a swampy speck called Tims Creek, N.C. "I could have run," says Kenan, 37, of the inevitable comparisons, "but I'd be spending a lot of energy in vain. It's like the Bible...
There are also some old favorites taught again this summer. A Shakespeare course taught by Kenan Professor of English Marjorie Garber and "Baseball and American Society, 1840 to the Present" taught by Professor of HistoryWilliam Gienapp will likely draw a sizable number of students...
...might think. It's not because Harvard students score too high on their SATs or bubble with abnormal ambition; Wolfe has already spent a month researching at Stanford, certainly a Harvard competitor. The reason for his Harvard aversion, Wolfe confided to FM over champagne at the home of Kenan Government Prof. Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. '53, is that Harvard has no Division I sports teams. (Apparently lacrosse and swimming don't factor into his equation. Hockey, at least, merits a brief mention: "I'm so glad that so many of these Canadian semi-pro hockey players can all score...
According to Thomas D. Mullins, associate director in the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Al-Thani met with Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield and attended a reception with several Harvard administrators...
...dream about discussing distributive justice with Professor of Government Michael J. Sandel over a sumptuous meal of chickwiches and cokes? Think you could talk Kenan Professor of Government Harvey "C minus" Mansfield Jr. '53 into an A if only he were under the spell of Annenberg's infamous Emerald Beef? Would your life be complete if, just once, you had the opportunity to say "excuse me Helen Vendler, would you please pass the salt...