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Another Harvard writer, Isabel E. Kaplan ’12, says she has been inspired by the storybooks of her childhood??principally the popular children’s series “Ramona” by Beverly Cleary. In fact, Kaplan says that she decided to become a writer after reading Cleary’s books at the age of five...
It’s Don’s season-long struggle with his daddy issues (alternately brought to life through often irritating flashbacks to his childhood and his relationship with Conrad Hilton) that allowed him to break through. Unlike Betty, who in times of distress reverts to childhood??she might as well have reached for a Demerol when she picked up her newborn during the final fight with her husband–Don’s reflection on his upbringing in the finale is both a source of inspiration and a farewell to the solace found in blaming...
...novel follows Jacques Austerlitz, an architectural historian who sets out to uncover his origins and early childhood??a curious void in his memory—after suffering a mental breakdown. His journey leads him to confront the dark heart of European history. In this, his final novel, author W.G. Sebald synthesizes multiple literary genres: “Austerlitz” is at once autobiography, history, travelogue, and meditation. It’s publication in 2001—mere months before his death in a car accident—echoed the sentiment of closure, or the struggle for some...
With a twinkle in his eye, Cohen recounts his scientific endeavors from childhood??which extended way beyond the average basement...
...poem isn’t easy either, but it’s short.”“Then again, Margaret Wise Brown wrote ‘Goodnight Moon’ in a morning,” she adds.Back in her “Childhood?? class, Tatar introduces a guest lecturer: Newbery Medal recipient Lois Lowry. Author of modern children’s classics such as “The Giver” and “Number the Stars,” Lowry explains the combination of inspiration and craftsmanship required in writing...