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Still, Updike estranges the reader by overindulging Turnbull's lapses into fantasy. Depressed by his own breakdown, Turnbull takes to imagining himself in other eras, picturing himself as an Egyptian grave robber, a disciple of the Apostle Paul in the early church, etc. One can only assume that these departures are supposed to orient Turnbull's life and ever-present death in the greater span of history--to connect his existence with others' in some all-encompassing cyclic understanding. In comparison with the use of imagination in such classic Updike as The Centaur, however, these elderly wet dreams seem positively...
...live on Manhattan's Upper West Side, though, you might get a chance this week to test a way around this minor annoyance--and in the process, become a trailblazer on the march to the totally cashless society. Just insert a special card into a special terminal or reader on the store counter and press a button. Then walk out with your purchase. That...
David Gelernter is an amazing and gifted writer [BOOK EXCERPT, Sept. 22]. His very personal account of violence and recovery after surviving a Unabomber attack carries the reader along with him, inside his mind and heart, from moment to moment. Gelernter's courage is in his compelling honesty and intimate detail. Any of us who dare to even attempt to write must thank him for the gift of this account. BRUCE T. WILLIAMS Renton, Wash...
...those responsible for editing and publishing the letters to take extra care in ensuring both that the author's meaning is preserved and that bias does not creep into choices about what language to cut or retain. Choices about which letters to publish should ensure that the diversity of reader opinion on the Harvard campus is properly represented. The Crimson should continue to retain as much of a letter's own language as possible and exercise caution in those instances in which a letter must be edited for length. Editing for content should be extremely rare and should always...
Noelle Eckley, who is not a Crimson editor, is The Crimson's Reader Representative. She can be reached via e-mail at eckley@fas.harvard.edu