Maxine Kumin was born in Philadelphia. She was educated at Radcliffe College, where she received an A.B. in 1946 and an M.A. in 1948. She married Victor M. Kumin in 1946, and they have three children. An instructor and lecturer at Tufts University from 1...

It's happened again: Another food safety scare, making two in the last two weeks. The double-whammy of the E. coli bacteria found in Hudson Foods prepackaged hamburger patties and a warning of higher risk of bacterial infection from uncooked Puget Sound shellfish...

Byline: Mary Voelz Chandler LOS ANGELES -- The first thing to know about ''Van Gogh's Van Goghs'' is that there is not one big sunflower, and only a smattering of irises, in the entire show of 70 paintings. Bright, buzzing wheatfields,...