Radcliffe Quarterly—Summer 2007
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The Path of a President Pat Harrison After six years as founding dean of the Radcliffe Institute, Drew Gilpin Faust becomes the twenty-eighth president of Harvard University—the first woman to hold the position. Follow her path to the presidency. Talking About Death in the Civil War Tony Horwitz RI '06 This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War is Drew Gilpin Faust's forthcoming book, due out in early 2008. She talks about it with a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist. Serious Food Jonathan Levitt Radcliffe's annual gender conference, "Women, Men, and Food," featured twenty-eight scholars and writers. Food writer Jonathan Levitt reflects on a few of their presenations and describes how food has become a subject of serious study. Humanities Scholars Become a "Wolf Pack" Lewis I. Rice Two members of Radcliffe's humanities cluster changed their book topics during the year. Find out how that happened and why it's a good thing. Meet the Author: Major Jackson RI '07
Ruth E. C. Prince His two award-winning books feature narrative poems about ghetto life in Philadelphia, but at Radcliffe, Jackson moved in a different direction, writing a series of short lyric poems. Four are published here, as well as the story of his trajectory from accountant to poet. Departments From the Dean
Announcements Barbara J. Grosz Named Interim Dean of Radcliffe Institute New Book Review Editor for Quarterly First Wallach Professor Appointed Poet Natasha Trethewey RI ’01 Wins Pulitzer Institute Explorations Around the Institute News from the Schlesinger Library Lecture Presentations New Books Run by Ann Patchett BI ’94 Once Upon a Country: A Palestinian Life by Sari Nusseibeh PhD ’78, RI ’05 with Anthony David Necessary Sins by Lynn Darling ’72 Captivity by Laurie Sheck RI ’05 Overture by Yael Goldstein ’00 Forgery by Sabina Murray RI ’00 Quick Study Alumnae/i News Names & Faces NEWSmakers |
RADCLIFFE QUARTERLY
Editor
Pat Harrison
Associate Editor
Ivelisse Estrada
Book Review Editor
Megan Marshall ’77, RI ’07
Editors Emeritae
Maryel Finney Locke ’48
Aida Kabatznick Press ’48
Diane Sherlock ’78
Design
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Director of Communications
Whitney T. Espich
Associate Dean for Advancement and Planning
Tamara Elliott Rogers ’74
Executive Dean
Louise Richardson
Dean
Drew Gilpin Faust
Summer 2007
Volume No. 92/No. 2
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