Saturday, June 21, 2008

Scots we like...J.K. Rowling

J.K. Rowling, author of the best-selling Harry Potter series, delivers her Commencement Address, "The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination," at the Annual Meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association.

A most eloquent & moving speech. Rowling mentions working at the Amnesty International London office as one of her most transformative experiences. The entire prepared text & video from Harvard Magazine.