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...without understanding, until the anguish recedes and they are returned to indifference. It is the analysis of sorrowful themes such as this, tinged with optimism, that characterizes his latest collection “Speak Low.”In his 10th book, a collection of 38 short poems, Phillips presents a thoughtful view on the rituals that propel us through life and the ways in which we are able to break free of them.A Harvard grad, Phillips first published his first collection, “In the Blood,” in 1992. He has since received many accolades...

Author: By Kerry A. Goodenow, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Acclaimed Poet Phillips Meditates on Life | 5/5/2009 | See Source »

...Young will be paid an annual beginning salary $215,000, an amount which will increase after each subsequent year of service. After one year, his salary will be raised to $221,000, and after two years, it will be raised to $227,000. These amounts are lower than his present salary in Newton, according to school committee member Luc D. Schuster, who also served as the co-chair of the superintendent search committee. Young is currently paid approximately $248,000 as superintendent of Newton Public Schools. Although Young’s term is set to end in 2012, the agreement...

Author: By Sofia E. Groopman and Michelle L. Quach, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Cambridge Ratifies Young’s Contract | 5/5/2009 | See Source »

...agitated and stressed by social activity. The intervention is playful in spirit, says Dawson, adding, "Parents get very confident and are able to learn this quickly." The hope, she says, is that for some significant portion of children at risk, "we can begin before the full autism syndrome is present and prevent it from emerging...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Researchers Find First Signs of Autism Even in Infancy | 5/4/2009 | See Source »

...many treasured originals by Vietnamese artists like Niet have been either lost or sold off, and reproductions have taken their place. The copies aren't exactly forgeries. During the Vietnam War, the museum's own restoration department was a virtual copy factory - a fact that museum officials past and present freely admit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Copied Paintings Plague Vietnam's Museum | 5/4/2009 | See Source »

...this crime wasn't anti-Semitic, what crime is?" agreed Laurent Joffrin in his editorial for the daily Libération as the trial opened. Joffrin warned that anti-Semitic thinking that has long been present among France's extreme right- and left-wing political groups is gaining traction in France's blighted suburbs. "In the exclusion of the projects, in the racism that strikes minorities, and in their social despair," Joffrin wrote, "the old plague has found favorable terrain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Murder Trial Puts Focus on French Anti-Semitism | 5/3/2009 | See Source »

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