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...queen of the American short story. She has published several collections and has received countless awards for her fiction. As she prepares for her latest honor—the PEN/Malamud Award for the Short Story—FM caught up with Harvard’s newest Briggs-Copeland lecturer to talk about craft, the weather, and Wanita, her yellow...
...inaugural Playwrights Festival, which was held April 23 through April 26 at the New College Theatre. The festival of staged readings was the culmination of the semester-long efforts of undergraduates in English Camr: “Advanced Playwrighting 2,” a workshop taught jointly by Briggs-Copeland lecturer Christine M. Evans and Gideon Lester, the 2008-2009 director of the American Repertory Theatre (A.R.T.). “[Evans and I] both felt that although seminars are good for introductory playwrights, in the end playwrights really learn best when they get to collaborate with directors and actors...
Every industry has its high honors: actors have the Oscars, musicians have the Grammys, and Hef’s Bunnies have Playmate of the Year. For the Harvard literati, one of the highest honors is the Briggs-Copeland lectureship: a five-year teaching position given to authors and teachers of English. Last Thursday, Lecturers Joanna G. Klink and Peter Richards showcased their work in the First Annual Briggs-Copeland Poetry Reading at Houghton Library...
...always heard about the Briggs-Copeland lectureships—they’re pre-eminent,” said Christina S. Davis, the curator of the George Edward Woodberry Poetry Room and organizer of the event. “I felt like to anchor my season, I wanted to begin by honoring them...
...magazine article “Reading With the Stars: Harvard Literati Step Out For Poetry” incorrectly stated that Briggs-Copeland Lecturer Peter Richards used the words “pug dog” in a lecture on Feb. 19. In fact, Richards used the word...