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AUTHORS: ARTHUR ASHE AND ARNOLD RAMPERSAD...
Although Arnold Rampersad, biographer of Langston Hughes and a Princeton professor of literature, is listed as a co-author of the memoir, its style and organization show understandable signs of haste. Ashe was anxious to set the record straight. He does. What he says about his conservative upbringing in Virginia and his days as coach of the U.S. Davis Cup Team add to his luster. His views on social values and race relations are unexceptionable, his Polonius-like financial advice is firmly based on bad experiences, and all things considered, his pick of Jimmy Connors as the best...
...rivals concede is the best program of its kind in the nation. Significantly, the university, where West got his doctorate, is within broadcast range of New York City's WBLS-FM, West's favorite soul-music station. The department includes Pulitzer-prizewinning novelist Toni Morrison and biographer Arnold Rampersad...
...youngest person to be offered tenure. Although he has done a great deal he is still in ascendance," Princeton's Rampersad says. "He is willing to take on the task of institution building when other people are not so willing. It is a measure of his self confidence. Others may flinch. He is ready, willing and able to take on the task...
...situation at Harvard is ideal. Harvard has a department--not just a committee--and the DuBois institute is already in place. It has an excellent track record and attracts outside funding. With the limitless potential of the DuBois institute Harvard is more attractive than any other place," says Rampersad...