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...Shakespearean play, but the number that has sat through live productions may be considerably smaller. Unfortunately, opportunities to watch one of the Bard’s works have never been abundant on campus, and they decreased even more when Harvard’s only all-Shakespeare troupe, the Hyperion Theatre Company, experienced an organizational and financial crisis several years ago. However, several undergraduate thespians, led by President Sean R. Fredricks ’07 and Vice President Tara L. Moross ’09, hope to engineer a Shakespearean renaissance on campus and revive the ailing company, starting with...
...managed to win an Oscar, an Emmy, a Grammy and a Tony. As of July, she has had a radio show on Clear Channel (no awards yet). And, oh, yes, Goldberg, 51, writes children's books in her spare time. Her latest, Whoopi's Big Book of Manners (Hyperion), takes on a particular pet peeve of hers: rude kids. Not her grandkids, of course. TIME's Andrea Sachs spoke with the comedian...
...does McCormick write for? Kids. The research on the teen sex trade was for her new young-adult novel, Sold (Hyperion Books for Children; 263 pages). A journalist by training, she's an avid researcher, but her books are not dry. Sold is told in poetic vignettes in the voice of Lakshmi, a 13-year-old girl who lives in rural Nepal. Life is grueling there for women young and old. "A girl is like a goat," a local saying goes. "Good as long as she gives you milk and butter. But not worth crying over when it's time...
...Hyperion recommends the book for readers 12 years old and up, but its language makes it accessible to younger children. McCormick, who has two grown children, is adamant that young readers will benefit from knowing the truth about this pernicious practice. "If you're 12, I think you'll understand what's happening," says the author. "But I don't think it will hit you the same way if you're too young for the book." While the book is blunt, it is never sensational: "Men come. They crush my bones with their weight. They split me open," says Lakshmi...
...four Emmys. His 2003 novel, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, added another 8 million copies to his scorecard. He also maintains his day job as a sports columnist and radio commentator. TIME spoke with Albom, 48, just as his much awaited new novel, For One More Day (Hyperion), went on sale...