Have you heard about Richard ("Don't Call me Dick Blow anymore") Bradley's book Harvard Rules? No? Then you clearly haven't been reading The New York Daily News this week.

Today, Lloyd Grove has a nice little item on Bradley's upcoming book, which is sure to do for the myth of Harvard what Bradley/Blow did for JFK, Jr. (i.e., nothing):

When Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers recently caused an uproar by musing that innate gender differences might explain the dearth of women in math and science, it wasn't the first time that he's put his foot in his mouth. In his new book, "Harvard Rules," Richard Bradley details a pattern of gaffes by which Summers - Treasury secretary during Bill Clinton's second term - has damaged his own and Harvard's reputation during his nearly four years in office.

On Jan. 25 (that's two days ago, for those who didn't go to Harvard), Grove's News colleague Paul Colford had an advance report on the book, as well:

Timing isn't everything in book publishing, but it's bliss for author and publisher when timing is just right.

So it is with the surge of media interest in gaffe-prone Harvard president Lawrence Summers as Richard Bradley's "Harvard Rules" is due for release.

Summers riled people on and off campus with his recent remarks suggesting gender differences may explain why more men than women serve on math and science faculties.

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The mess also amounts to "manna from publishing heaven," HarperCollins senior vice president David Hirshey, who edited "Harvard Rules," told the Daily News.

Well, that totally rules, huh? Oh, and speaking of déjà vu, Bradley's title is a bit familiar, too: How Harvard Rules, John Trumpbour, South End Press (1989).

Summers of discontent [Lowdown]

Book blessed by mess [NYDN]

Harvard Rules: The Struggle for the Soul of the World's Most Powerful University [HarperCollins]

How Harvard Rules