Boston Book Review

How important were women to the war?(Gender and the Sectional Conflict, by Nina Silber)(Book review)
Civil War Times; 2/1/2010; 560 words; ...Union recruit expressed different priorities: "Duty prompts me to go. My country first, home and friends next." Silber, a Boston University history professor, had an ambitious aim: to explore how gender was integral to both Northerners' and Southerners...

Literary learning in the hyperdigital age: Emory University professor Mark Bauerlein is fighting to preserve literary thought in an age of digital distraction.(2020 Visionaries)
The Futurist; 1/1/2010; 1598 words; When the Boston Globe reported that an...Globe, "When I look at books, I see an outdated technology...like scrolls before books." Who wouldn't believe...present--only pencils, books, old newspapers and...up a fact by opening a book, not checking Wikipedia...will pause over a verb, ...

Tracking the protest movements that had roots in New England
The Boston Globe; 12/30/2009; 799 words; ...the congressional debates. And Joseph Moakley of South Boston claimed a personal stake in the movement to support democratic...Michael Kenney is a Cambridge-based freelance writer. BOOK REVIEW BEYOND VIETNAM The Politics of Protest in Massachusetts...

Movie guide.(Neighbor)(Movie review)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 12/29/2009; 1433 words; ...farmers. Directed by Wes Anderson. Based on Roald Dahl's book. Reviewed by David Germain, Associated Press. (PG) 87 minutes...Day" u When a priest is assassinated, the Saints return to Boston seven years after going on the lam in Ireland with their dad...

Novelist's gifts shine through in essays
The Boston Globe; 12/29/2009; 805 words; ...film, and family dynamics. The book is organized into five thematic...and think it a different kind of book. What remains in the other four...Cammorata is an arts producer for Boston.com. BOOK REVIEW CHANGING MY MIND: Occasional Essays...