This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. If her books' sales are any indicator ...

J. K. Rowling spoke at Harvard’s commencement this month, and as I noted in the previous post the uplifting theme of her speech was the creative imagination and the classics she read to cultivate it.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — J.K. Rowling extolled the crucial importance of imagination during a speech Thursday at Harvard University's spring commencement, saying, "We do not need magic to transform our ...

Harry Potter fan, Allister Beeson, 10, skipped two days of school and traveled to Cambridge to hear Rowling speak. If her books' sales are any indicator, there are probably hundreds of millions of ...