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Books

Published
April 27, 2014

Book Review: Mystery romance ‘Girl Missing’ a glimpse of pre-thriller Gerritsen

Maine's Tess Gerritsen returns to her start in mystery romance with a re-release of the novel that served as her ‘bridge’ to thrillers.
Published
April 27, 2014

Book Review: ‘Josephine Baker’ explores dancer’s activism, exploits and ‘Tribe’

The African-American woman went from the Paris stage to her vision of multiracial utopia.
Published
April 27, 2014

Book Review: ‘American Crucifixion’ explores murder of Mormon founder Joseph Smith

It’s a well-told story of religious experimentation, public intolerance and the making of a martyr.
Published
March 30, 2014

Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry

Haines Tate of Waterville died of breast cancer in 2012, two years after the recurrence of her illness. In her collection “Strata” she explores, among other themes, the difficulties faced by cancer victims. This week’s brave poem is from that book.
Published
November 17, 2013

Signings, Etc.

Jason C. Anthony’s ‘Hoosh’

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Published
September 20, 2013

USM professor writes book on ‘Breaking Bad’

American culture, politics and values are interpreted in critical essays on aspects of the hit television drama.
Published
September 15, 2013

Book Review: A sunny summer turns dark in Ogunquit

Unexpected happenings in “The Summer Everything Changed,” the new novel by Holly Chamberlin, unfold like the escape of evil from Pandora’s box. That’s the good part of the book. What’s less appealing is the pace of this long, 400-page mystery. Brevity would have improved it. Nevertheless, “The Summer Everything Changed” is a chilling and realistic […]
Published
September 15, 2013

Author Q&A: C’est Jack

Joyce Johnson's biography of Jack Kerouac delves into the impact the Beat writer's Franco-American identity had on his life and work.
Published
September 15, 2013

Book Review: Ennui as premise rubs off on reader

J.M. Coetzee's latest novel ultimately falls prey to the emptiness it describes.
Published
August 11, 2013

Best-Sellers

FICTION HARDCOVER 1. “The Cuckoos Calling,” by Robert Galbraith (Mulholland) 2. “Good Night Maine,” by Adam Gamble (Our World of Books) 3. “Silver Star,” by Jeannette Walls (Scribner) 4. “The Fault in Our Stars,” by John Green (Dutton) 5. “The Light in the Ruins,” by Chris Bohjalian (Doubleday) 6. “Diary of a Wimpy Kid,” by […]