Arts Review
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2024
Bonnie Jo Campbell’s ‘The Waters’ is pure magic
The author's first novel in a dozen years (her last was "Once Upon a River") sprinkles pixie dust on a world of resilient women and hardscrabble farmers.
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2024
‘When the Island Had Fish’ is a portrait of Vinalhaven through its most prominent industry
Writer Janna Malamud Smith draws from historical records and interviews with contemporary fishermen to depict the fishing community of Vinalhaven, from bounteous ocean to 'fished out.'
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2024
Art review: At a pair of Midcoast galleries, emotional evocations of a sense of place
Experience the profound depth at solo shows featuring the work of Elaine K. Ng at Interloc in Thomaston, and of Conrad Guertin at Triangle Gallery in Rockland.
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PublishedDecember 31, 2023
These crime novelists have been writing what they know
Recent novels by Jaime Lynn Hendricks, Jesse Q. Sutanto and Val McDermid feature crime writing in their plots.
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PublishedDecember 31, 2023
Writer Ann Beattie has ‘More to say’
In this book of essays, what the 'prodigiously talented' writer has to say is personal, revelatory and laser-precise.
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PublishedDecember 28, 2023
The furious tango of Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos
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PublishedDecember 28, 2023
Michael Mann’s ‘Ferrari’ is stuck in second gear
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PublishedDecember 24, 2023
Art review: Historic photos from Caribbean paired with contemporary art of the diaspora
'Fragments of Epic Memory' at the Portland Museum of Art feels more like two distinct shows.
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PublishedDecember 24, 2023
Think trolls are bad? Look at the history of poison-pen letters
'Penning Poison' chronicles the fascinating history of the anonymous letter.
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PublishedDecember 24, 2023
A small girl in a blueberry field vanishes in an instant. Her family’s pain endures
In 'The Berry Pickers,' Amanda Peters' debut novel, a Mi’kmaq family of farm laborers is forever changed when their 4-year old daughter disappears.
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