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...possibility of dramatic transformation through artifice - struck a personal chord. At 18, he entered the Art Academy of Taiwan as an acting student, and found himself changed from a shy, uncertain teen into a star. Only after moving to the U.S. in 1978 did he switch to directing. His English, he realized, wasn't good enough for him to succeed in America as an actor...
...matter of peculiar distress to many Indian bibliophiles that most of the successful Indian books of the past few decades have not only been written in English but authored by Indians, or the children of Indians, living outside the country. Writers such as Salman Rushdie, who left India in his teens and has lived abroad for most of his adult life, and Nobel-prizewinning writer V.S. Naipaul, born in Trinidad of Indian descent, may be lauded around the globe but their reception in India is often less than warm...
Justine R. Lescroart ’09 is an English and American literature and language concentrator in Quincy House, and is currently studying abroad in Granada, Spain. Her column appears on alternate Wednesdays...
...aren’t all giving. One expected customer is absent: Carmen Heller, the owner of A Taste of Culture, will not ask for a reading, saying she already has a great life. So, if you’re having paralyzing doubts about your concentration or panicking because that English degree is looking pretty useless, FM recommends a trip down Mass Ave. Just keep in mind that when you pay $35 for a tarot card reading or $50 for a look into a crystal ball, you aren’t paying for truth: do not worry, though. You?...
Jessica C. Coggins ’08, a Crimson arts editor, is an English and American literature and languages concentrator in Cabot House...