The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination

Want some hear some inspirational talk? Well, J.K. Rowling, the author of the best-selling Harry Potter book series, will not fail you in her Commencement Address, “The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination,” at the Annual Meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association in June of 2008.

J.K. Rowling Speaks at Harvard Commencement from Harvard Magazine on Vimeo.

The full text is available at Harvard Magazine’s website.

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