And Speaking of Slinging It....
I'll be appearing at the Harvard Coop on Wednesday, April 12th, at noon.
This should be interesting—the last time I was up in Cambridge, about a month ago, I stopped in the Coop to sign a stack of books. As I was putting my John Hancock on paper, a woman sidled up to me and whispered, "You have done us all a great service." Turned out her husband was a faculty member at Harvard and she was tired of him coming home filled with Larry Summers-related frustration.
Meanwhile, one of the clerks told me that
Harvard Rules was selling very well—but that customers tended to ask for bags in which to hide it as soon as they bought it.
Don't be shy, Harvard! If the entire country is talking about your problems in public, so can you....
Seriously—I know that the atmosphere at Harvard has become so polarized,
Harvard Rules might be seen by some as partisan. In fact, it's more of an attempt to show the exercise of power in a university presidency. Whether that exercise is for better or worse, it's more Harvard's job to judge than mine.
I also want to thank the Coop in advance for having the guts to schedule this discussion. Let's just say that not every local bookstore would do the same.
