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Sydney Boles

  • Production Editor, Harvard Public Affairs and Communications
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As seen in: Harvard Gazette, Here & Now Anytime, NPR, Rolling Stone, Detroit Free Press, WUSF Public Media, KAMU-FM (College Station, TX), University of South Florida, WBUR-FM (Boston, MA), Inside Climate News and
Covers:  Housing insecurity, homelessness, gentrification criminal justice, mass incarceration, gender equity, LGBTQI issues, local politics

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Sydney Boles’s Biography

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I became a journalist the day I picked my way through the sweltering heat of a Dole banana plantation in Costa Rica to get the story no one wanted told. Bright blue pesticide bags covered each bunch of bananas; I could feel the chemicals in the air. I had come to interview a public relations executive, but he was injured in a car crash, so I explored alone. I interviewed plantation workers, visited their homes, and discovered unsafe living conditions, a lack of medical care and little access to…

Sydney Boles’s Journalist Portfolio

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For Minimum Wage Workers, Affordable Housing is Further Out of Reach, New Study Shows

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A new report by the National Low Income Housing Coalition shows that affordable housing is further out of rea…

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After Homelessness, Insecurity Lingers: Vita finds her identity but searches for stability that's...

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Sarai Walker on writing characters who tackle queerness and body image issues in "Dietland" - Aft...

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How to get stronger — Harvard Gazette

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By Sydney Boles
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A series of random questions answered by Harvard experts. Edward Phillips is an associate professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School and the Whole Health Medical Director at VA Boston Healthcare System. As Americans, we’re in miserable shape.
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How to read a poem — Harvard Gazette

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By Sydney Boles
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Kevin Young ’92 is the poetry editor at The New Yorker and the former director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. He was the 2024 recipient of the Harvard Arts Medal. His most recent book is “Night Watch.” Poetry is traditionally taught — at least it was taught to me — as a kind of thing you have to endure in English class; there’s no sense of it applying to your life. But poetry, good poetry, is the stuff of life.
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How to read a poem — Harvard Gazette

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By Sydney Boles
Kevin Young ’92 is the poetry editor at The New Yorker and the former director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. He was the 2024 recipient of the Harvard Arts Medal. His most recent book is “Night Watch.” Poetry is traditionally taught — at least it was taught to me — as a kind of thing you have to endure in English class; there’s no sense of it applying to your life. But poetry, good poetry, is the stuff of life.
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What's your favorite social network?

Would I even be a journalist if I said anything other than Twitter?

Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?

My high school didn't have a paper, but I created one in college! I was responsible for everything involved in bringing it to life.

When's the best time to pitch you?

I am a creature of the internet and permanently available, but I'm most amenable to new projects in the afternoon.
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