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...Borges: The Time Machine,” a new exhibit in Houghton Library, examines the life of the controversial and award-winning poet and author, with manuscripts and personal belongings collected by the library over the last three decades...
Although never a Nobel Laureate—which some say is a result of Borges’ politics—the writer shared the first Prix Formentor with Irish poet Samuel Beckett in 1961. The award, given to writers judged to have made a lasting contribution to world literature, led to a shower of invitations that ultimately brought Borges to the United States and Harvard, where he delivered the Norton Lectures (recently published in a collection, This Craft of Verse...
BLACK WRITERS’ READING SERIES. Poet Rita Dove and author John Edgar Wideman read from their highly acclaimed new works. Dove, the nation’s new Poet Laureate, is the first African American to have earned the distinction, as well as the youngest. She is also the wordsmith behind the stunning “Thomas and Beulah,” which won the Pulitzer Prize. Wideman’s Hoop Roots, an exploration of the author’s passion for basketball, is a complex and dynamic work that touches upon black language and music. Wednesday, March...
...life and love. All the Real Girls isn’t going to alter the situation, a shame for both moviegoers and the film’s perpetually underappreciated stars. The mischievous Zooey Deschanel (Almost Famous, The Good Girl) finally gets a lead role, playing an 18-year-old poet whose cynical worldview is tempered as she discovers desire, love and sex, and Patricia Clarkson (Far from Heaven) once again finds unexpected depth in what could easily have been a one-dimensional role. All the Real Girls screens...
...collaboration of the Poetry Room, the Harvard Film Service, the English Department and Packard, the Harvard Vocarium record label was motivated by the desire to “bring to life the voice of the poet,” according to Donald S. Share, the Woodberry’s curator...