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Alexandra B. Moss
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Ivy Film Festival Unites Student Filmmakers
PROVIDENCE, R.I.—The glitterati of student film descended on Providence last weekend, drawn by panels with industry bigwigs, complimentary hotel rooms,
BOOKENDS: GIs Passed Over by History
William J. Shapiro is a retired obstetrician who now lives alongside a golf course in a gated community like so
As He Tracks His Parents’ Path, Ex-Times Editor Stumbles
A classic flaw that plagues the memoir genre is that of self-indulgence. The writer certainly has the authority to relate
‘Sponge’ Creator Talks Bob
What’s the difference between the stars of the two biggest movies opening this weekend? One is an inanimate object (National
Balkan Feast
“Sabur” is a word tantalizingly close to meaning “yummy” in just about any language, although in Bosnian it means “relax.”
Arts First Through the Years
Arts First Associate Project Manager Ingrid Schorr wants to know who “doesn’t need a celebration.” “I think that’s the key
A Grand (Prose) Slam
Kublai Khan might have built a pleasure dome in Xanadu—but Jim Weatherall ’05 and Runal Mehta ’03-’04 have their own
REVIEW: Photo Club Shows Off Fresh Exhibit
Harvard Photography Club Spring Show Adams House ArtSpace, April 25-27 The quality of the photographs varies greatly in the Harvard
Adams Presents Artistic Afrostraction
Based on its name, it would be natural to think that “Afrostraction,” last week’s show in the Adams House Art
Memoir Resurrects Ghosts of Harvard’s Past
Jay Cantor ’70 says that “nine-tenths of the people in your Harvard class who are acting like self-important little monsters
Noted Historian Visits Harvard
“Whenever my wife and I travel to Germany,” he said, “we bring an empty suitcase with us. We designate it
Section Leaders of the Silver Screen
One might say it’s impossible for an anthropologist to get too much hands-on experience in the field. Ramyar Rossoukh, teaching
Southern Ghosts
The Heaven of Mercury is a tale of luckless love. This first novel by Brad Watson, former Briggs-Copeland Lecturer on
Poets Honor Book Shop Anniversary
For 75 years, Grolier Poetry Book Shop has been a site for poetic pilgrimage. Last night, its devotees ventured away
Bowling Alone
The village people are untouchable, and not just as outmoded icons of American popular culture. The Japanese word burakumin literally
