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Although using more exclamation points may not drastically affect us, it does provide an example of the growing body of ways in which we misrepresent our feelings through writing. How often does a response of “LOL” actually correspond to laughing out loud, or ?...
A young girl wearing a raincoat and carrying a briefcase stuffed with notepads treks around her neighborhood, keenly observing the surroundings.
Hale credits her “Harriet the Spy” antics for the skills that ultimately helped her win the 2009 Louis Begley Prize for Fiction, awarded by the Harvard Advocate, for her short story about a young child who, because of her mother’s cancer diagnosis...
Student authors say that they are most often influenced by other writers, who represent genres ranging from the classics to children’s literature and who are not necessarily affiliated with the Harvard brand.
Keenan also cites the poet James V. Tate, known for his playful musings on human absurdism, as an additional source of motivation. Keenan says that he identifies with Tate’s “sense of humor” and his “self-alienated relationship to society...