Books

Published
December 22, 2021

Maine writer donates $15,000 to reading program that welcomes immigrants

National Book Award-winning author Phillip Hoose gives the money to I'm Your Neighbor Books, a Portland-based nonprofit.
Published
December 19, 2021

Author Eve Babitz, who captured and embodied LA culture, dies at 78

Her books wove back and forth between fiction and nonfiction, but all of it was rooted in her own experiences.
Published
December 19, 2021

bell hooks, trailblazing Black feminist and social critic, dies at 69
Published
December 19, 2021

The danger of American nostalgia for World War II

Romanticizing that war has led us to seek another just as "good," Elizabeth Samet writes.
Published
December 19, 2021

Best-Sellers: ‘Cloud Cuckoo Land,’ ‘Got Warrants’

The current best-selling books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.

Published
December 19, 2021

Bedside table: Hometown on the page
Published
December 19, 2021

Book review: ‘Loon Lessons’ a must-have for loon lovers

The writing can get in the way, but the fascinating information in the book takes flight.
Published
December 12, 2021

The best vegan and vegetarian cookbooks of the year

This selection of 8 covers all bases, from kids who eat vegan to athletes to fans of the late great comedian Dick Gregory.
Published
December 12, 2021

Bedside Table: ‘The Lost Family’ shows the disappointing side of DNA testing
Published
December 12, 2021

Inspired by real-life murderers, Dostoevsky wrote a new kind of novel

A look at 'Crime and Punishment' as a turning point for the Russian writer – and for literature.