Books
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PublishedAugust 21, 2022
‘The Boys’ author Katie Hafner on her path from journalist to novelist
Going from nonfiction to fiction can be both liberating and paralyzing, Hafner explains.
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PublishedAugust 21, 2022
Best-Sellers: ‘The Midcoast,’ ‘Downeast’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
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PublishedAugust 21, 2022
A ‘lavish melting pot’ of essays from Maine writers on food – and the lack of it
The book encompasses tomato sandwiches, school lunch, illness, immigration and so much more.
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PublishedAugust 21, 2022
Bedside table: Father and son share stories of survival
Book recommendations from readers.
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PublishedAugust 15, 2022
Iran denies involvement in attack on Salman Rushdie but blames him
In 1989, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, issued a fatwa, or Islamic edict, demanding the author's death, and while Iran has not focused on Rushdie in recent years, the decree still stands.
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PublishedAugust 14, 2022
History’s famous delusions, those who believed them – and why
Victoria Shepherd explains some of psychology's landmark cases with empathy and understanding.
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PublishedAugust 14, 2022
Book review: In his latest novel, Jeffrey Lewis tackles some very big questions
'Land of Cockaigne' examines the impact the wealthy have on their communities, the ugliness of reactionary politics, and the sometimes insular nature of small towns.
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PublishedAugust 14, 2022
Bedside Table: A fictional 1955 ‘mass dragoning’ has plenty of relevance for real world 2022
Book recommendations from readers.
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PublishedAugust 14, 2022
Best-Sellers: ‘Horse,’ ‘Atomic Habits’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
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PublishedAugust 12, 2022
Author Salman Rushdie stabbed on lecture stage in New York
Rushdie's 1988 novel, 'The Satanic Verses,' was viewed as blasphemous by many Muslims, who saw a character as an insult to the Prophet Muhammad, among other objections.
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