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...engaging, her personal sensitivity and honesty suffusing everything and unifying the work. She exposes her entire consciousness and lets loose on all manner of topics, including gender, politics, religion, and, ultimately, poetry itself. Paley was laregly known as a short story writer—her “Collected Stories?? was a Pulitzer finalist—and as a political activist. Yet she began her career as a poet, studying under W.H. Auden as a young adult. Here, at the end of her life, Paley makes a final return to poetry, and the medium seems appropriate...
Unfortunately, these stories??while of more immediate importance to students and more persistent concern nationally—are nowhere near as sexy or provocative as religious clashes, especially when those clashes involve Muslims. Instead, they involve in-depth reporting and nuance; they take time and dedication, making them poor candidates for filling space on short notice...
While Pilbeam, who chaired the Board for just several months, says he found the Board “effective,” members of the Harvard community—particularly those whose understanding of it comes from first-hand disciplinary experiences or second-hand horror stories??have a very different view. Even Ellison notes that the inaccessibility of the Ad Board to most undergraduates and faculty has left it with a bad reputation...
...struggle with addiction. The lack of personal discussion of these topics in public arenas should not be mistaken for the stigmatization of personal experiences. Merely, public debate is most productive when it is not distracted by protracted anecdotes.Still, there exists a perverse preoccupation with “sharing our stories?? and “putting a face” on an issue. For proponents of the loud and proud pro-choice movement, this means discussion of abortion in political arenas cannot be effective without emotional narratives from women who’ve experienced abortion. Yet keeping what...
...finest of negative stories??the most beloved kind. We had a man with a twisted fetish for watching poor, defenseless dogs rip each other apart; and if they didn’t try hard enough to please him, he’d ruthlessly slaughter them in ways only fit for a Hostel movie. Add in a dash of rich, spoiled athlete and a sinister sneer and face to match, and you had a recipe for quite a firestorm...