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‘Princeton Stories’: A Forgotten Classic
Sunday, 10 January 2010
by David Walter
The canon of popular books set in Princeton is small, but nevertheless well-read by students so jonesing for the thrill of recognition that they’ll happily slog through dozens of pages on game theory (or obscure Venetian manuscripts) for some passing references to campus landmarks. It turns out that Princetonians have been engaging in this kind
- Published in History
Tagged under:
1890s, books, fitzgerald, history, jesse lynch williams, john nash, princeton stories, the rule of four
All Your Princeton Gift-Buying Dilemmas, Solved
Saturday, 19 December 2009
by David Walter
Year in and year out, my strategy for gift-giving (holiday, birthday, or otherwise) can be boiled down to one word: scarves. Whenever I’m traveling, I make sure to visit a local market and buy up a dozen or so pieces of the inexpensive local neckwear. Come December, I pass them out like candy. You just
- Published in Student Guides
Kirn ’83: We are stoopid
Thursday, 21 May 2009
by Brian No
Author Walter Kirn ’83 appeared on The Colbert Report Tuesday night to promote his latest book, Lost in the Meritocracy: The Undereducation of an Overachiever. While we certainly don’t shy away from poking fun at this goddamn hell hole (sorry, it’s exam week…err, month), Kirn’s criticisms of Princeton at times bordered on delusional and “WTF?”
- Published in Alumni, Princeton in the News
Walter Kirn is Lost in the Meritocracy
Friday, 01 May 2009
by Angela Wu
In his upcoming book Lost in the Meritocracy: The Undereducation of an Overachiever, novelist Walter Kirn ’83 writes about his experience at Princeton, where, as he said in an interview with the Chicago Maroon, he felt “alienated among the indoctrinated.” The book description on Amazon describes the university as: an arena for gamesmanship, snobbery, social climbing, ass-kissing,
- Published in Alumni
Tagged under:
books, Ivy League, meritocracy, Princeton University, social climbing, The Atlantic, The Daily Princetonian, Walter Kirn
Minor Detail?
Tuesday, 07 April 2009
by Brian No
The Prince ran a story yesterday about a new novel written by Jean Hanff Korelitz, a former reader for the Princeton admissions office. The story is about a fictional Princeton admissions officer and some sort of secret she harbors. The reporter interviewed Korelitz to ask about her connections to Princeton and to discuss her book,
- Published in Goings On