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...means of exclusion was transformed by blacks into a glorious principle of inclusion. The absurdity of defining someone as black who to all appearances was white was turned on its head by blacks who used the one-drop rule to enlarge both the black group and its leadership with light-skinned persons who, elsewhere in the Americas, would never dream of identifying with blacks...
...encounter with psychiatry, which she recounts in Dying for a Cure (Random House; 346 pages). While the memoir focuses on how psychotropic drugs sent her mad during the early 2000s, Beddoe's account of her dealings with the eminent Melbourne psychiatrist she calls "Max Braydle" also shines an unflattering light on the talking component of the profession. "Terrible," says Jon Jureidini, head of psychological medicine at the Adelaide Women's and Children's Hospital, of the methods Beddoe ascribes to Braydle. "Sadly, people who read this book will think that is the alternative to being on drugs...
...history, is fitting because it’s as alive as the great tracks that all those forgotten heroes left us. Other highlights—and by highlights, I mean songs of overwhelming beauty and musical power—include the title track, “Let There Be Light,” and “Can’t Forget About You.” Best of all, Nas and Jay-Z reconcile on the triumphant “Black Republicans." It might finally be time to accept the post-”Illmatic?...
...participants were required to submit applications, consisting primarily of a letter explaining why they would like to attend. Traditionally, screenwriting workshops have no more than twelve participants, said Rader, perhaps best known as the writer of the 1995 action film “Waterworld.” However, in light of student enthusiasm, the organizers decided to grant admission to all 29 applicants. “The attrition rate was pretty minimal for a program on a Saturday morning,” remarked Gail Gilmore, the assistant director for careers in the arts at OCS. Undergraduates and a smattering...
...Holden of workshopping. “People have read them before and are very prepared to talk about them. People work as a group and make comments and suggestions and do close readings of the poems.”Most current students and recent graduates agree that the guiding light of the program at Harvard is Pulitzer-winning poet Jorie Graham, Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory, who brought to Harvard the workshopping system, which was developed at The University of Iowa.“The atmosphere or the style of the workshops at Harvard are definitely influenced...