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...blackness of this humor is a reminder that, however amusing their writing may be, these characters remain misanthropic monsters. Throughout the book, Bolaño exhibits an anxiety about the inability to simply enjoy literature for its own sake. What does it mean when, in a poem about personal relationships, the fictional Luz Mendiluce Thompson writes, “in my heart I am the last Nazi?” For Claudia, the woman she madly loves, it means that they’re mortal enemies. “Why? Because I’m a Trotskyite and you?...
...shooting their film “Secrecy,” with the intent of exploring the architecture of the secrecy system in the U.S. government, which employs over two million Americans and consumes 7.5 billion dollars of the Federal budget. The co-directors will be screening their film in person at the Harvard Film Archive tonight.Moss teaches filmmaking at Harvard and has served on multiple documentary juries at festivals including Sundance. His documentary, “The Same River Twice,” which revisits the lives of five friends who served as subjects for an earlier film...
...first male ever to be in a swimsuit edition,” said Ferrell in a round-table discussion with the Crimson. Will Arnett, Ferrell’s costar in the film, was also present. Contrary to his frequently wacky film personas, Ferrell is refreshingly candid and approachable in person. When asked if it was his own hair in the movie, Ferrell said, “That was. That was six months focusing on hair growth. And I did it. A lot of people said it couldn’t be done.” After a barrage of sports...
...return to your poorly ventilated, book-filled room, take your computer down to the dining hall. It can sometimes seem like a depressing, angst-filled ghost town after the HUDS workers leave and only the thesis writers and their leftovers remain, but there is nothing like being the first person in line at brain break to get the freshest day-old bagels, the first person in line to get eggs from the grille in the morning, and the first person to swipe into lunch.—Columnists Aliza H. Aufrichtig and Marianne F. Kaletzky can be reached at aufricht@fas.harvard.edu...
...need to develop these female characters.”THC: “Shortcomings” is your new book dealing with race and racial identity. Why at this point in your life or career did you decide to tackle these issues?AT: Personally, it only could have happened because up until recently I was overly concerned with how the work that I produced would reflect on me as a person...Working on this book I had a turnaround where I decided I wanted to not feel compelled to do fiction that would make the hypothetical reader think...