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...visiting other European countries when translations of the novel are published. Both The New York Times and the Washington Post have profiled Iweala as a rising young writer. But, when he used the phrase “narrative construct” in the question and answer session after the reading, he paused to chuckle at himself. In response to his acclaim, Iweala told The Crimson yesterday, “The best thing is that you know people are interested in what you have to say.” One of Iweala’s most important inspirations for the novel...
...although he was a Sebadoh fan as a college radio DJ.The band’s set was paradoxically both reminiscent of their recordings and like nothing they’ve ever played. There were no songs, just 40 minutes of improv: a Pennsylvania Dutch kraut jam session. Moloney especially admires German rockers Can, as their “records are improvised, played on the spot…and that’s our approach too.”The hypnotic bass led the drums like dogs in heat, but most of the band played whatever instruments they could find. Homemade...
...Potter” franchises. But in raising the stakes, those films also raised the bar. In a box-office landscape where audiences demand epic grandeur, adolescent drama, and, above all, realism from their fantasies, how is Lewis’ simple bedtime myth to compete?At an elaborately-choreographed interview session in New York City last month, the film’s director, producer, and six principal actors make their pitch. Whirling through talking points with flashes of genuine charm, the creative team returns more than once to the example set by two particular feats of cinematic wizardry.Producer Mark Johnson takes...
...With his charisma and Irish humor, Bono urged students to become involved in global development and in the fight against AIDS. Bono founded an organization Debt, Aids, Trade in Africa in 2002 to raise awareness and instigate change in these particular areas. Summers kicked off the question and answer session asking Bono what the singer thought the key message “for the world’s political leaders” should be. “The war on terror cannot be won without the war against poverty,” Bono answered. Bono then addressed his interactions with...
...about which Donato said, “We weren’t happy with the effort, with the execution, with the intensity and the commitment”—the Harvard skaters heard him loud and clear. “It wasn’t the best video session Monday after the game,” Hafner smiled wryly. “Basically, we all knew it, too. I think we were all motivated from within ourselves, that we knew we had to come back and respond.” —Staff writer Rebecca A. Seesel...