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...complained that no one read him in the airports anymore. And this past year, he published a melancholy essay in the magazine of the AARP about the decline of writerly inspiration. “Memories, impressions, and emotions from your first 20 years on earth are most writers?? main material,” he wrote; “little that comes afterward is quite so rich and resonant. By the age of 40, you have probably mined the purest veins of this precious lode; after that, continued creativity is a matter of sifting the leavings...
...seeing it visually,” Jost says. “It takes a while to train your mind for that, to anticipate it as you’re writing.” Nevertheless, their college years have proven to be an invaluable source for developing and honing the writers?? comedic writing.The Lampoon provided a forum in which Downey could sharpen his skills. “It’s a nice environment because it’s a bunch of smart-ass types who rub the edges off of most people,” he says. Likewise...
...English concentrator Spencer A. Strub ’09 said he is glad to see the “Major British Writers?? series...
...from “English and American Literature and Language”—one innovation is not enough. The department is currently considering a plan to reduce its concentration requirements and eventually to eliminate its introductory literature surveys, English 10a and 10b, “Modern British Writers??—“the bane of many an aspiring Harvard litterateur,” as one Crimson news article helpfully explained...
...department still needs to iron out the details before a final vote can take place on the proposal. It appears almost certain, however, that the current form of the “Major British Writers?? series will...