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Holding had decided to take a gap year before coming to Harvard and discover if she was ready for the life of a starving artist. Cutting herself off from her parents financially, she moved to New York City. “I hoped to bridge the divide between high school ‘theater kid’ and professional actor, but the insight was disheartening,” Holding says with a chuckle. “Finding roles in plays, on TV, in commercials, and waitressing in between—it was a struggle...
...heard her speak last year during my senior year of college and her words were part of what inspired my career choices as a human rights activist," Lin said. "It’s hard to sometimes get a sense of these real heroes like Rose Styron who go out and do human rights work in the field...
...think the event tonight was very inspiring just like it was last year," Lin said. "I never cease to be amazed when I hear her speak...
Keenan was honored with Harvard’s Edward Eager Fund Prize last year for his short story, “Snow.” The piece is included in Keenan’s collection, “Alive Enough,” whose stories are set in and around his home state, Kentucky. Titled ironically to reflect Keenan’s emotional and physical state at the time of his thesis deadline, “Alive Enough” addresses themes of melancholic family dysfunction and emotional confusion, presented in subtle, but evocative language. Despite the setting...
Keenan, who transferred to Harvard after freshman year from Transylvania University, has spent his three years at the college steadily developing his writing. He maintains, however, that his environment is not necessarily the most conducive for writing. “I think it is important to remain conscious that you are in a very small world when you are in the Harvard literary scene,” he says...