Word: kincaid
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Ganeshananthan, whose parents are Sri Lankan, said her advisor, visiting lecturer Jamaica Kincaid, encouraged her to publish the thesis...
...surprised at all,” Kincaid said of her mentee’s book deal. “She was one of my best students.” That’s profound praise considering that Kincaid, a former staff writer for the New Yorker who now teaches English as well as African and American Studies at Harvard, is herself an award-winning author...
Ganeshananthan had the opportunity to pursue an independent study in creative writing with Kincaid in her sophomore year. “She wouldn’t let me slide by,” Ganeshananthan said of Kincaid. “Not that anyone would choose an independent study intending to slide by, but, at the time, I was trying on different styles. When I found the right material, she was very encouraging...
...Kincaid, an analyst at American Airlines, was tired of hearing about the wedding plans of the woman in the next cubicle. "You would have thought it was the Von Trapp wedding from The Sound of Music," he recalls. But it rankled for reasons other than gossip overload. Kincaid was a closeted gay man, living under a "self-imposed silence. My assumption was, 'Don't ask, don't tell.'" Although he was openly gay in the rest of his life, he was afraid to let anyone in hisoffice know. "I had worked a long time to get to this dream...
...Kincaid is now American Airline's manager of corporate communications, living what he describes as a "more authentic life. I'm bringing my whole self to work. I'm not spending any energy hiding or shape shifting into something I'm not. What they see is what they get." It's a transition that more executives are choosing to make...