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...most students, a failing grade in the first-year rite of passage Expository Writing marks the end of a literary career. Not so for Arthur Golden ’78, who overcame this obstacle to author the wildly successful novel Memoirs of a Geisha, which remained on The New York Times Best-Seller List for more than a year...
...don’t think that people knew quite what to do with Arthur,” says Richard Anders ’79, Golden’s best friend. “He was the kid brother of one branch of the family, sitting at home writing a book...about a Geisha—and all of a sudden he’s a famous author...
...Arthur, that’s the best news—now you don’t have to have a mid-life crisis,” a good friend said when he shared the news that his book had found a publisher, Golden says...
...Sometimes people do this amazing act of ventriloquism, but cannot get inside the heart and soul of the character—Arthur does,” says Desser...
Still plagued by his dyslexia, the English major channeled his dedication to extracurriculars. He became a member of the Harvard Dramatic Club after seeing plays by Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller at their trial runs in Boston. He also “went out for the Crime [the Crimson]” his sophomore year simply because it was “the most arduous thing you could do,” he recalls...