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...thesis and taking these courses.”Others see creative writing as a complementary endeavor to their academic studies. Angelo S. Mao ’10 is an Engineering concentrator who plans to pursue a career in that field. On the side, however, Mao has written around 20 short stories, a novel, and 50 poems, and he has taken three creative writing workshops.“I like to think that it didn’t hurt my grades, because it fulfilled some spiritual or psychological need that helped me do better in classes,” says...
...Extension School bring their own professional, real-life experience to the classroom. Christopher S. Mooney, who teaches a course on suspense fiction, is a published author of suspense novels. Robin Lippincott, who leads a section of Intermediate Fiction Writing, has written three novels and a collection of short stories. Lippincott believes that to become a good fiction writer, one must think like one. It is this mentality that informs his teaching. “For the first few weeks of the class, I bring in published stories for the students to read and study,” said Lippincott...
...Even though the Crimson (5-5, 1-3 Ivy) outshot the Bears (10-2, 3-1 Ivy) 31 to 27, it was not as successful as Brown in finding the back of the net, ultimately coming up short in an 8-6 defeat...
...about scientific processes. His first book is complete, and he is looking for an illustrator and a publishing company interested in his educational angle. Meanwhile, he is moving forward on a book about the carbon cycle in collaboration with published children’s author Claire A. Nivola.Gaglani stops short of envisioning a career in children’s books, though. “In general, I’m interested in communications. So I can definitely imagine doing this as a hobby,” he says.Marie K. Rutkoski, who received her Ph.D in English at Harvard, thinks differently...
...club,” Stack-Babich said. “We’re getting big hits when we need them and doing just enough to win.”Add a number of come-from-behind victories as well, and Harvard’s season has not been short on drama.Given the Crimson’s proven mettle in close games, nobody is ruling out a late-season surge to put the squad atop the Rolfe Division and into the Ivy championship.“We just want to make sure we can play up to our capabilities...