Word: sectionalism
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Only the first section of introductory poems refers to the death of Carson’s mother directly, and even those are mediated by literary allusion. As tender as it is to remember visiting her mother being “like starting in on a piece by Beckett,” the epigraph she leaves is bare and cold: “There is so much wind here stones go blank.” The book is penned in defiance of this natural erasure, with Carson’s remembrances acting as a moving apotheosis for their subjects...
...want to join a band, but cannot find others with the same musical interests. A typical example is Freefall, a pop-rock quintet that for a time was stalled at a duo. According to vocalist and guitarist Kevin M. Bombino ’08, the search for a rhythm section was exhausting. “We used Facebook and postered to find musicians and that got us a bass and a keyboard.” The drummer proved more elusive. “We ended up going to a practice for THUD (The Harvard University Drummers) and asking everyone...
...Place. t.t.’s has as much street cred as any place in Boston—according to legend, Nirvana played there for a crowd of 14—and you’re less likely to run into that obnoxious future i-banker from your Justice section. At t.t.’s you can party with the pierced and enjoy some of the best acts on the small-club circuit. The club books a fairly eclectic array of bands, but its rep lets it be choosy in who it books. Last month, for instance, they hosted...
...contingent on the final budget, which has not yet been decided. A defining characteristic of the Pub project is its heavy reliance on student input. When Loker was first built, administrators consulted with students. Now they’re actually working with them. Focus groups composed of a cross-section of students based on every imaginable variable—race, class, gender, extracurriculars, financial aid, nationality—have met to discuss what the pub should look like. And that’s just the first step. Starting today, students can go to www.harvardcollegepubnights.com and fill out a survey...
...John Washington, 40, a resident of the Ninth's Holy Cross section who owns a print shop in downtown New Orleans, noted that some of the Crescent City's most prized historical homes and buildings sit in the Lower Ninth Ward. But Washington said he also knows that federal financial pressure may force local officials to abandon the revival of the ward, which also had to rebuild after a major hurricane four decades ago. "I worry that there are a lot of people in Washington who look at not rebuilding the Ninth Ward as some kind of good faith deposit...