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The Arts From Boston.comStories Checked for Students of English by Jamaby *** 3**** 4On Aug. 5, Patrick Conway was admitted to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in acute pain. It did not take long for doctors to pinpoint the cause: an inoperable liver tumor that would probably kill Conway within two to three months. (Boston.com) British novelist looks at war and the scars left by violence Afterwards , By Rachel Seiffert, Pantheon, 327 pp., $24.95 Because of the war in Iraq, we have, and will have for years, soldiers returning to family and peaceful places in this country after having seen and possibly perpetrated horrible acts. Many will not be able to talk about it; others will resent or avoid being drawn into such discussions, some ... (Boston.com) ***** 5A full moon hung over Trum Field the other night as the jocks took on the cops in a celebrity benefit softball game. (Boston.com) "I remember the day I first met Alex . . . In my wildest dreams, I never thought of having the opportunity to meet him. . . . I wanted to scream to the world, 'I am going to meet Alex.' I was so excited; I did not sleep that night. At that time, Alex was at MIT. I walked ... (Boston.com) When fish goes swimming in beer Fish is an excellent source of healthy omega-3 fatty acids, but it's easy to dilute what good you get from it by deep-frying it or cooking it in pools of butter. (Boston.com) String beans with tomatoes and olive oil Serves 4 1/2 cup good-quality olive oil 1 small onion, chopped 2 cloves garlic, chopped 3 medium tomatoes, peeled, seeded, and chopped (you can use fresh garden tomatoes or canned plum tomatoes) 1 1/2 pounds green and yellow beans, trimmed and sliced in half on the bias Salt and pepper 3 tablespoons flat-leaf parsley, chopped (Boston.com) For dinner, JP Center has one neighborhood gem - Ten Tables - and a handful of other restaurants that range from good to poor. But they all have a captive audience, so even the lesser ones fill up night after night. Decade-old Ban Chiang House falls at the better end of the spectrum, and if you live nearby, it's the ... (Boston.com) Patton's painful memoir raises prickly questions That Mean Old Yesterday , By Stacey Patton, Atria Books, 320 pp., $24 Early in her agonizing memoir, Stacey Patton declares that her first foster mother was so disagreeable she "blamed us when the grass didn't grow in summer." Is this just tart hyperbole meant to emphasize the bitter truths of a ruined childhood? Not according to Patton. (Boston.com) Junot Diaz is relieved. It has taken him 11 years to produce the follow-up novel to "Drown," his collection of short stories about growing up Dominican-American that was published to critical success in 1996. His new novel, "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao," follows the loves and losses (mostly losses) of a Dominican-American family back on the island and ... (Boston.com) Old view: The American march from sea to sea, which built a continental nation out of forest, plain, and desert, represented one of history's great achievements, the triumph of a people of indomitable will who, in their conquest of nature and territory, extended freedom and Enlightenment values throughout an untamed land. (Boston.com) |
