Young people aren’t fooled by attempts to treat stories from U.S. history and American literature like shameful family secrets to be covered up, a Maine teacher says.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment
Former Marine finds new purpose, with help of Maine prison inmates and a dog named Fred
In his latest book ‘Second Chances,’ Craig Grossi writes about his and Fred’s work with inmates at Maine State Prison.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: What ‘Uncle Tom’ means to Sen. Scott
Progressives who call the senator ‘Uncle Tim’ should read a celebrated play in which the slur illustrates the high stakes of putting a Black man down.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Portland Forecaster
Upcoming book views Maine’s immigrants with ‘different lens’
The book puts a focus on the contributions New Mainers have made to the state.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Mainers challenge themselves to reading goals during the pandemic
A 9-year-old who has read some 250 books and a book club that tackled ‘War and Peace’ are among those filling their downtime with reading.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Nation & World
Beloved children’s author Beverly Cleary, who gave us Henry Huggins and Ramona Quimby, dies at 104
She was named a Living Legend in 2000 by the Library of Congress. In 2003, she was chosen as one of the winners of the National Medal of Arts and met President George W. Bush.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Nation & World
Six Dr. Seuss books won’t be republished because of racist images
The business that preserves and protects Dr. Seuss’ legacy has announced it will stop publishing the titles, and says, ‘These books portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong because of racist and insensitive imagery.’
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Publisher revives Ruth Moore’s honest portrayals of Maine island life
Islandport Press is reissuing several novels by the best-selling mid-century author.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts: After a year of reading books only by women, I’m a richer man for it
My bias had deprived me of whole vistas of discovery. And if you choose to see in that a broader lesson, I won’t argue.
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Going home to a papermaking past, Maine native embarks on a deeply personal journey
Kerri Arsenault, who grew up in Rumford-Mexico, draws attention to a Faustian bargain with her investigative memoir.