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   Elisa (Lisa) New   
   Born	1958 (age 66–67)   
   Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.   
   Spouses	   
   Fred David Levine (divorced; died 2013)   
   Lawrence Summers ?(m. 2005)?   
   Children	3   
   Academic background   
   Education	Brandeis University (BA)   
   Columbia University (MA, PhD)   
   Academic work   
   Discipline	English Literature   
   Sub-discipline	American literature   
   American poetry   
   Jewish literature   
   Institutions	Arizona State University   
   Harvard University   
   University of Pennsylvania   
   She was born Jewish in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and raised in Maryland.   
      
   The conversation started with Elisa sending Jeffrey an email requesting   
   his advice for pursuading Serena Williams to participate in the Poetry   
   in America TV series. However, as it progressed, New sent him a strange   
   email, writing:   
      
   "I'm going upstairs to hunt for my copy of Lolita".   
      
   For the unversed, Lolita is a 1955 novel that focuses on its   
   protagonist's sexual obsession with a 12-yearold, whom he later abuses.   
   Vladimir Nabokov - who wrote Lolita - was also reportedly Epstein's   
   favorite author, with the financier rumored to keep a copy of the novel   
   at his bedside.   
      
   Further in the email, Professor New also made a book recommendation to   
   Jeffrey, writing:   
      
   "I would recommend reading My Antonia by Cather next time you’re on a   
   long plane trip. The book has... similar themes to Lolita in that it’s   
   about a man whose whole life is stamped forever by his impression of a   
   young girl."   
      
   An important thing to note is that these emails were exchanged between   
   Epstein and New three days before Miami Herald published an   
   investigative piece into the financier that led to his eventual arrest.   
      
   While Elisa New's email with Jeffrey Epstein has caught public   
   attention, so has her husband's continued interaction with the convicted   
   child offendor. Released emails indicate that Summers and Epstein wrote   
   to each other frequently between 2013 and 2019 - nearly a decade after   
   the latter pleaded guilty to charges of prostitution with a minor.   
      
   Their discussions revolved around politics and current news, as well as   
   Summers seeking romantic advice from the disgraced financier.   
      
   After the emails were brought to light last week, Larry Summers issued   
   an apologetic statement, including his decision to step away from   
   "public commitments". He wrote:   
      
   "I am deeply ashamed of my actions and recognize the pain they have   
   caused. I take full responsibility for my misguided decision to continue   
   communicating with Mr. Epstein. While continuing to fulfill my teaching   
   obligations, I will be stepping back from public commitments as one part   
   of my broader effort to rebuild trust and repair relationships with the   
   people closest to me."   
      
   Despite his apology, his willingness to continue teaching at Harvard has   
   been questioned by many.   
      
   One of his sharpest critics is Massachusetts Senate Elizabeth Warren,   
   who is appealing to Harvard to sever ties with the professor because of   
   his close friendship with Epstein.   
      
   TOPICS: Larry Summers, Elisa New, Epstein   
      
   https://www.primetimer.com/news/larry-summers-wife-elisa-new-referenced-l   
   olita-in-an-email-to-epstein-3-days-before-a-report-which-led-to-the-fina   
   nciers-arrest-was-published   
      
   Note: The correspondence between Summers and Epstein revealed that Epstein   
   planned to donate $500,000 to New's Poetry in America.  New and Epstein   
   directly corresponded regarding the $500,000 donation.   
      
   "Jeffrey Epstein helped broker a major gift for Larry Summers’ wife. She   
   said it ‘changed everything’ for her at Harvard."   
      
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