Word: nostalgia
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That's when you realize Whitehead has tapped the most classic summer-novel activity of all: nostalgia. It doesn't matter if nothing much happens in Sag Harbor, if in all the boys' games with BB guns no one actually loses an eye. The pleasure is in the way Whitehead recalls it, in loving and lingering detail...
...coolest features is an 8-page spread of selected Advocate covers dating back to 1866. Other offerings include nostalgia-laced reflections on adolescence and pop music, a time-capsulated historical society, stories about longing, and enigmatic, ecstatic verse (would any issue be complete without...
...Filmmaker. She admits that she hasn’t been able to let go of her attraction to the art. “I still get jealous of people all over New York walking around with cameras and equipment,” she said. But James’s nostalgia for her filmmaking days are overshadowed by her enthusiasm for her new book. “Atlas of Unknowns”, which will be released by Alfred A. Knopf on April 21, tells the story of two sisters in Kerala, India. In the novel, the younger sister makes...
Remember opening that fateful envelope during your senior year of high school? For nostalgia, FM has canvassed the Harvard forum on CollegeConfidential.com to find the quotes from ’13 hopefuls that best capture the bitterness and, at the very end, the joy of receiving your Harvard admissions decisions. I’ve been crying for 2 hours. I will never get over it. —hookem168 The fact that this process—these twelve years—not just the applications—is over feels... strange. That it should end with so many rejections...
...potential for confrontation is fueled by China's historical nostalgia. In the 15th century, the Chinese sent seven massive naval and commercial expeditions into the Indian Ocean to extend the prestige and power of the relatively new Ming dynasty. There had not been anything quite like it in history, and the Chinese were recognized as the masters of the ocean. But a change in emperors and national policy curtailed the expensive naval forays after 1433, and China turned inward. As if to declare that centuries-long period over, Beijing staged elaborate celebrations in 2005 to mark the 600-year anniversary...