Word: readerly
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...t.Thankfully, Smith’s novels don’t need me: they are wildly successful, and in many ways they deserve the acclaim they received. Smith is a gifted writer whose works are positively epic: plentiful characters, rich plot twists, and clever details that enthrall and intimidate the reader. Furthermore, she taps a store of compelling themes: race, immigration, colonialism, and ethnic and cultural ambiguity. But she does so with such a heavy hand that it’s impossible not to feel as if you’re being bludgeoned by a postcolonial hammer. “Like...
What would you write if you could write absolutely anything? This is the question that, as a reader, one imagined David Foster Wallace facing. Whereas ordinary authors resorted to the standard tricks of the trade--write what you know, look deep into your soul, whatever--Wallace seemed to have no earthly constraints. He knew everything and could look into anybody's soul he wanted to. Any writer in America would have killed for his talent, but the man to whom it belonged killed himself. On Sept. 12, Wallace's wife discovered his body at their home in Claremont, Calif...
...Sally (or Sybil or Sylvia) but madness itself. When Sally turns manic, it's as if some interstellar alien god is speaking through her, and you hang on to its every word. As a person, you want her to get better, but as a reader, you can't get enough of the crazy. ("Mania is a glutton for attention," says Dr. Lensing, Sally's gifted therapist. "It craves thrills, action, it wants to keep thriving, it will do anything to live on.") It's the old Romantic lie of mania, that it represents a heightened version of the self...
Don’t worry, O reader; it’s nothing personal. Although there’s a decent chance that you attended a private school, there’s also a decent chance that you’re a pretty smart cookie. As many of your classmates have proven, it’s very likely that you could have made it to these hallowed halls with only a public-school education. The point of this measure wouldn’t be to close any doors, but rather to throw them open—because it would leave both...
After 15 years of the infamous swipe card, Harvard has finally joined its peers and upgraded to the new and improved contactless Smartcard. No more will students be forced to dig through pockets and bags to get out their swipe—proximity to the card reader is all that is needed. But how good are these Smartcards really? FM put them through the gauntlet to see how they fare. The Distance Test The Challenge: Sure, these new Smartcards look legit, but can they go the distance? The Results: In highly scientific and accurate trials conducted across campus (sample size...