Books
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PublishedAugust 18, 2019
Informed by his own birth, Minter illustrates book about midwives
'The Women Who Caught the Babies' is a series of connected poems by Eloise Greenfield about midwives and their role in African-American culture.
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PublishedAugust 18, 2019
Melissa Sweet shows ‘How to Read a Book’
The Maine illustrator teams with Kwame Alexander for his poem-turned-book.
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PublishedAugust 18, 2019
In ‘Spark,’ a gifted young professor and her teammates wrestle with a cryptic question
Maine-based writer Patricia Levy's latest novel may be an interesting academic exercise, but neither the characters nor the dramatic arc ever achieve lift-off.
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PublishedAugust 11, 2019
J.D. Salinger’s books are finally going digital
The author, who died in 2010, live a reclusive life in Cornish, N.H.
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PublishedAugust 11, 2019
Book review: In ‘White Flights,’ a writer reassesses the literary canon
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PublishedAugust 11, 2019
A wannabe warrior tries to figure out her place in her family — and the world
Drest, the 12-year-old heroine of "The Hunt for Mad Wolf's Daughter," may live in 13th-century Scotland, but she has plenty to teach her 21st century counterparts.
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PublishedAugust 11, 2019
Book review: ‘The Perfect Wife’ has intriguing plot, chilling finale
JP Delaney's third psychological thriller, 'The Perfect Wife,' puts – almost perfectly – a high-tech spin on the stories of Frankenstein and Pygmalion with a tinge of 'The Stepford Wives'
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PublishedAugust 7, 2019
Toni Morrison was a ‘literary mother’ to countless writers
Morrison, who died Monday, left behind countless writers for whom her characters were like close acquaintances and her stories like guiding parables.
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PublishedAugust 4, 2019
Woodstock can’t be duplicated – perhaps we should leave it at that
A celebration of hippie ethos and style, Daniel Bukszpan's 'Woodstock: 50 Years of Peace and Music' presents a selective view of the '60s.
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PublishedAugust 4, 2019
In ‘Pray for the Girl,’ an injured veteran searches for the brutal killer of an Afghan immigrant
Set in a fictional Maine town, Joseph Souza's latest thriller is well-meaning but clumsily done.
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