Books

Published
July 18, 2021

A famous father casts shadows over painful memoir

In 'Poetic License,' the daughter of poet Richard Eberhart works to reconcile the love and loathing he inspired.
Published
July 18, 2021

Bedside table: ‘Middlemarch’ – because they’re called classics for a reason
Published
July 11, 2021

Children’s book celebrates the color brown in all its glory

'Magnificent Homespun Brown' is as joyful as the confident little girls it depicts.
Published
July 11, 2021

Bedside Table: Many perspectives on Maine in these books
Published
July 11, 2021

Fresh out of medical school, they volunteered to help battle the coronavirus pandemic

What six med school graduates saw as the coronavirus tore through New York hospitals.

Published
July 4, 2021

Best-sellers: What Mainers are buying at local bookstores
Published
July 4, 2021

Bedside table: Reader, go West
Published
July 4, 2021

Agnes Bushell’s latest novel blossoms into kaleidoscope

But "The Oracle Pool" is anything but a classic mystery. The plot is non-linear, the living and dead commingle, and the characters are seekers of every stripe.
Published
July 4, 2021

Fifty Shades ends on an unexpected feminist note

With 'Freed,' James wraps things up. The writing is tediously mechanical, but the message is a surprise.
Published
June 27, 2021

In ‘Morningside Heights,’ a married couple copes with unexpected illness

As with his previous novels, Joshua Henkin pays compassionate attention to modern human predicaments.