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...recognize the concerns that have been expressed, most recently in today’s meeting,” James R. Houghton ’58, senior fellow of the Corporation, said in the statement. “We of course take seriously the views of faculty across Harvard, as all of us move forward to advance the University’s vital academic aims...
Robert E. Rubin ’60, Summers’ closest friend on the Corporation who has remained silent amid the Faculty uproar, referred questions to Houghton in a brief phone conversation last night...
Everyone is watching Foer's new book, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (Houghton Mifflin; 326 pages), which drops later this month, to see if it holds up. It does, and more, but it also makes clear that Foer is different from other hyperachieving young writers. Where young Turks like Dave Eggers get tagged as ironic, and even snarky, Foer is profoundly serious. The way some other 28-year-olds are interested in beer and video games, Foer is interested in the Truth with a capital T, and he's not afraid to go for all the big themes at once...
University President Lawrence H. Summers is holding office hours on March 8, from 4 p.m to 5 p.m. Go there and speak with him. You can also write or e-mail the senior members of the Harvard Corporation. Senior Fellow James R. Houghton can be reached at houghtonjr@corning.com and the next most senior member, Hanna Gray, can be reached at hgray@uchicago.edu. Both can receive mail at the Office of the Governing Boards, Loeb House, 17 Quincy Street, Cambridge...
...with 1997's The Kiss, which describes her four-year affair with her father, and Frank McCourt (Angela's Ashes) and Augusten Burroughs (Running with Scissors) aren't far behind. But there's spirited competition for fourth place. Two new memoirs, Michael Rips' The Face of a Naked Lady (Houghton Mifflin; 192 pages) and Jeannette Walls' The Glass Castle (Scribner; 288 pages), are worthy contenders...