Books

Published
March 28, 2021

Bedside table: The inspirational George M. Houser and his decades-long commitment to racial justice
Published
March 28, 2021

Anthony Bourdain’s forthcoming book ‘World Travel’ is inspiring our post-pandemic trips

How to use wisdom from his latest book when you hit the road again.
Published
March 28, 2021

Two hundred years on, a medical book finally sees the light of day

Rockport resident Richard Kahn beautifully illuminates 'Diseases in the District of Maine, 1772 to 1820,' an unpublished manuscript by the remarkable Jeremiah Barker.
Published
March 26, 2021

Beloved children’s author Beverly Cleary, who gave us Henry Huggins and Ramona Quimby, dies at 104

She was named a Living Legend in 2000 by the Library of Congress. In 2003, she was chosen as one of the winners of the National Medal of Arts and met President George W. Bush.
Published
March 26, 2021

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry dies at 84

McMurtry, the author of many novels including the Pulitzer Prize winning epic 'Lonesome Dove,' was also writer of screenplays and a bookstore owner.

Published
March 21, 2021

A sumptuous guide to the studios of 26 Maine artists, living and dead

'At First Light,' a collaboration of heavy hitters in Maine's arts community, offers glimpses of these 'sanctuaries of the everyday.'
Published
March 21, 2021

Brockmeier depicts 100 possibilities of afterlife

Each of the stories in Kevin Brockmeier's story collection can be read in less than 2 distressing minutes.
Published
March 21, 2021

Bedside Table: Why don’t we know their names? We’ll give you one guess
Published
March 14, 2021

Bedside Table: Moving and profound, this book’s time is now (and always)
Published
March 14, 2021

In 1939, Portland chef George Miller was crowned Maine’s Chowder King

And that's just for starters. More than 80 years later, his descendents tell all about Miller's glorious victory for New England-style clam chowder.