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...Bolaño was born in Santiago, Chile, the son of a truck driver (and boxer) who moved the family to Mexico City when Bolaño was still a boy. He dropped out of high school to pursue his obsession with poetry full-time. After a brief and not very successful return to Chile - he was imprisoned by Pinochet as a radical, then released when it turned out that he had gone to school with his guards - he fell in with a band of antiestablishment poets called the infrarealistas, who specialized in showing up at the readings of better...
...most popular pieces. It is a short one-act play centered around monologues from its two main characters, Mrs. Venable (Danielle A. Aykroyd ’12) and Catherine Holly (Lauren N. Medina ’12). Mrs. Venable has gone mad over the death of her son, Sebastian. She refuses to accept that he was a homosexual and is willing to take dramatic measures to ensure that this is not revealed. Mrs. Venable sees only one solution: to have Catherine Holly, the only witness of the murder, lobotomized.Unfortunately, Ms. Venable and Catherine are not the only characters who have...
...visitor to Harvard’s campus in 1985, Themba Ngcobo had hoped he would have reason to return in the future. This weekend, he fulfilled that wish when he flew from South Africa to Cambridge to visit his son for Freshman Parents’ Weekend. The array of College-sponsored events focusing on the first-year experience allowed parents like Ngcobo—marked by their ubiquitous crimson nametags—to explore the many facets of freshman life. Many parents praised the wide range of events for providing them with a glimpse into their children?...
...starts only with distracting reverb, which leads to echoing drum beats and lead singer James Allan crooning like he’s in the 1950s. Though the accents are hard to understand at first, the song is actually sung from the point of view of a mother whose son has died in a way reminiscent of Wayne Cochran’s “Last Kiss.” The drums and lyrics open into a bridge and chorus that quickly introduces the listener to Glasvegas’ crushing yet hypnotic guitar riffs—like Coldplay with bloody knees...
...your son or daughter goes to Harvard or you are connected to Harvard, it’s a huge matter of pride. I think that’s probably why the company is using the Harvard name, because of that prestige,” she added...