Friends of Harvard Magazine held its first event at the Harvard Faculty Club on March 9, 2003. The 115 guests enjoyed a lively reading by and discussion with Helen Vendler, Harvard’s A. Kingsley Porter University Professor, about her new book, Coming of Age as a Poet.
Kick-off Event
Guests enjoyed a lively reading by and discussion with Helen Vendler.
![According to an affidavit filed with the U.S. district attorney, Kim told authorities he was “motivated by a desire to avoid a final exam scheduled to be held on [Monday].”](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_180x101/public/img/article/1213/12.17.13.jpg.avif?itok=gUNDyx9d "According to an affidavit filed with the U.S. district attorney, Kim told authorities he was “motivated by a desire to avoid a final exam scheduled to be held on [Monday].”")
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