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...dynamic, get-you-to-literally-stand-up-out-of-your-chair, musical whirlwind is about young, energetic protagonist Ren (Kevin Barlowski) who moves out of the city with his monther to a rural town that has outlawed dancing. So what does this little revolutionary sparkplug do? He puts on a dance, much to the chagrin of the uptight Reverend Moore (Sean P. Bala ’09), but to the delight of the Reverend’s daughter and his own love interest Ariel (Sarah-Jayne Blackmore...
...Haroun,” a 1990 children’s novel, the title character Haroun enters a bus depot and passes by several admonitions written on the walls surrounding the depot’s courtyard. Likewise, in Viswanathan’s novel, the protagonist helps another student place posters on a wall that discourage drug and alcohol...
...Haroun,” a 1990 children’s novel, the title character Haroun enters a bus depot and passes by several admonitions written on the walls surrounding the depot’s courtyard. Likewise, in Viswanathan’s novel, the protagonist helps another student place posters on a wall that discourage drug and alcohol...
...work against exotic versions of the “Emerald Isle” to present an authentic version of Ireland. It’s this reality that Spillane-Hinks tries to capture—to tell a real story of the place, even though her protagonist Christy cannot, in all its terrible beauty. The cast and crew of “Playboy” does so admirably.—Reviewer Mary A. Brazelton can be reached at mbrazelt@fas.harvard.edu...
...error,” said Megan McCafferty, the chick-lit novelist whose work was “internalized” by Harvard sophomore Kaavya Viswanathan. McCafferty, who spoke to her fans at a public library in Manhattan yesterday, was referring not to Viswanathan but Jessica Darling, the Ivy League protagonist of her popular book series. “I wanted Jessica to make a lot of mistakes,” McCafferty said, “so that she could learn from them.” But in a scandal fueled by similarities, Jessica Darling sounded a lot like Viswanathan, whose...