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Thursday, July 12, 2012

Banana beta-blocker

At Boston Magazine, Jennie Dorris on one professional percussionist's attempt to survive the audition process for the Boston Symphony.
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Labels: anxiety, auditioning, bananas, Massachusetts, percussion, performance

Monday, August 03, 2009

Profiling

Darryl Pinckney has an interesting piece in the Independent on Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and his arrest.

[ED. The article incorrectly suggests that the caller mentioned the race of the two men on the porch; here's a Globe story that describes the content of the 911 call more accurately and explains that the police report doesn't distinguish between the caller's words and the summary produced by the officer on the scene. Copious further comment via Google, and thanks to Brent for the correction.]
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I have published four novels and four books of literary criticism; I'm currently at work on a book called FOR THE LOVE OF BROKEN THINGS: MY FATHER, EDWARD GIBBON AND THE RUINS OF ROME. I teach in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University.
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