Books

Published
March 31, 2013

Book Review: ‘Burgess Boys’ has hallmarks of a classic

Four years after winning the Pulitzer Prize in fiction for the book “Olive Kitteridge,” Portland native Elizabeth Strout is back. Her latest novel, “The Burgess Boys,” doesn’t disappoint. This post-9/11 story of family and forgiveness, identity and dislocation, has the hallmarks of a classic and the urgency of today’s news. The plot stems from a […]
Published
March 24, 2013

American lit: How Edison changed the culture

The national character and its bold embrace of innovation found its spark in the birth of electricity, Ernest Freeberg's new book contends.
Published
March 24, 2013

Paging mystery lovers: Try these

New works by authors Peter May and Erin Hart are close neighbors.
Published
March 24, 2013

Book Review: Poet’s work shares how torn family shaped him

Near the end of his extraordinary memoir, “The Words I Chose: A Memoir of Family and Poetry,” award-winning Maine Poet Laureate Wesley McNair states, “Poets are menders of broken things.” McNair is noted for his poetry about “broken New England” and the brokenness of his childhood, in having a father who abandoned the family and […]
Published
March 24, 2013

Signings, etc.: W. Jeffrey Bolster

Professor W. Jeffrey Bolster will speak about his book, “The Mortal Sea: Fishing the Atlantic in the Age of Sail.” Since the time of the Vikings, the Atlantic has shaped the lives of people who depend on it for survival and those people have shaped the Atlantic. In his account of this interdependency, Bolster, a […]

Published
July 1, 2012

Book Review: From Salem’s lot, a dark and compelling new mystery

Maine has a fascinating new writer in Kieran Shields, whose dense and intriguing new novel, “The Truth of All Things,” is no airy take-to-the-beach fling.
Published
June 7, 2012

Journey Into Writing announces winners

Two Searsport juniors and a Bonny Eagle junior win $2,500 each for their entries in the Maine Community College System writing contest.
Published
June 6, 2012

Ray Bradbury, ‘Fahrenheit 451’ author, dies at 91

Bradbury transformed his childhood dreams and Cold War fears into telepathic Martians, lovesick sea monsters, and his vision of a high-tech, book-burning future.
Published
April 15, 2012

Author Q&A: Humor ME

John McDonald's latest book is the distinctly droll 'Maine Trivia.'
Published
April 15, 2012

Book Review: Outlasting hardship, bloodshed for rebirth

Kambri Crews writes about her rise from a troubled Texas family to a stable life.