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Books

Published
July 16, 2023

In ‘Tabula Rasa,’ John McPhee looks back at books not written

The prolific New Yorker writer offers a charming, breezy collection of reminiscences about projects that didn't make it.
Published
July 16, 2023

Excerpts from ‘Rainbow Parenting: Your Guide to Raising Queer Kids and Their Allies’

Lessons for parents and kids at different ages.
Published
July 16, 2023

Vitality Ghosted by Pain: A New Poetry Collection from Betsy Sholl

In 'As If A Song Could Save You,' Maine's former poet laureate writes of grief at the loss of her husband to COVID.
Published
July 16, 2023

Best-Sellers: ‘Dead Man’s Wake,’ ‘The Wager’

The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
Published
July 16, 2023

Bedside table: ‘Monkey: A Russian Novel’ by Agnes Bushell

Book recommendations from readers.

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Published
July 16, 2023

Don’t judge this book by its cover. ‘Rainbow Parenting’ isn’t just for parents.

Lindz Amer, who lives in Maine, wrote this guide to help any adult create a queer- and gender-affirming environment for the kids in their lives.
Published
July 9, 2023

Best-Sellers: ‘Dead Man’s Wake,’ ‘Pageboy’

The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
Published
July 9, 2023

An obsessively curious child animates this comic debut novel

'The History of a Difficult Child' is an endearing coming-of-age story set in post-revolutionary Ethiopia.
Published
July 9, 2023

Bedside table: ‘The Summer Place’

Book recommendations from readers.
Published
July 9, 2023

‘Uphill Both Ways’ tells of one family’s adventures, and misadventures, on the Colorado Trail

Writer Andrea Lani walked nearly 500 miles with her husband and school-age sons. She interweaves the family's personal story with the environmental story of the landscape they hiked through.