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...writer’s humble background became a factor later, when the Signet Society—Harvard’s social club of arts and letters??almost did not accept Updike into their cloistered circle. Then-Crimson President Michael Maccoby ’54 nominated Updike for inclusion in the Signet, but Updike was not able to pay the membership...
...would have just said ‘no’ based solely on the things that are on the record, which are very positive, is inconceivable,” Frankel said. “It has to be that either some members of the ad-hoc committee or some letters??all of which are always totally confidential—were for some reason less positive.” —Staff writer June Q. Wu can be reached at junewu@fas.harvard.edu...
...universal metric without in some way disadvantaging writers from nations with newly emerging literatures. And even if the question of abstract “fairness” seems irrelevant to the ultimate goal of the Nobel—which is to recognize superior lifetime achievement in the field of letters??that irrelevance renders the question of whether or not one can assign a national identity to any contemporary writing no less interesting...
...October, The Crimson editorialized against the latest round of “pre-litigation letters?? the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) sent to college students. Warning the recipients that they may be liable for $9,250 per illegally downloaded song, the RIAA pointed recipients to a site where they can buy peace with a credit card number and a promise not to do it again. The price point is chosen with skill: large enough to hurt, but small enough that litigating would cost more. An industry spokesman responded in The Crimson that thievery is thievery. Bills were...
Comparing the cache that comes with the Pulitzer—the nation’s most prominent award for journalism and letters??to the gravitas associated with the Harvard brand name, Feeney said that he is “both deeply grateful and very humbled” by the award...