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...thought of my friend's observation recently when I read a story in the Washington Post reporting that a man named Andrew Carroll has been handing out cheap editions of The Raven, by Edgar Allan Poe, to motorists waiting in line at a District of Columbia vehicle-inspection station--a line in which, I think it's safe to assume, people must sometimes get the impression that the drawbridge is never going to go back down...
There's a talent show one night, in which firstyears applaud their gifted classmates who can playguitar, sing and even recite "The Raven" frommemory. but while this is Harvard, there willstill be crummy acts. Which will be refreshing,since this is Harvard...
...many Native American tribes feature a character known to anthropologists as the trickster. He is both good and bad; a creator but also a mischief maker. Above all, he is duplicitous: joyously, energetically deceptive. Among the Tlingit people of western Alaska, the trickster figure is known as the Raven. At the moment, however, someone bearing a striking resemblance to him is roaming the Ketchikan area under another name...
...Alaska, 12 self-proclaimed tribal judges pondered the fate of two young criminals. The "tribal court" had the trappings of authenticity: the hall had been ritually purified with a "devil's club" branch, and some of the judges wore red and black ceremonial blankets and gestured with eagle and raven feathers. But there were abundant reasons for skepticism, both of the tribunal and the sentence it was likely to mete out. Not least of which was its presiding magistrate: one of the more creative cross-cultural jurists in recent legal history, Rudy James...
...with flying and separation. "It takes a long time to get over there," she sings on Seven Hours, co-written with Mamet. "Nearly seven hours in the air ... From the brave hills of Scotland to the land of the free." From Scotland to America, from actress to singer, The Raven proves Pidgeon handles transitions well...