Books
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PublishedMay 15, 2020
Commentary: My wife and I just gave away a small library. It hurt
Twenty-seven boxes later, a Scarborough native reflects on what was both ‘a depressing process’ and ‘a comforting review of our adult lives.’
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PublishedFebruary 23, 2020
The declining fortunes of a founding family of Maine unspool with a light touch
In Jason Brown's latest collection of linked stories, 'A Faithful But Melancholy Account of Several Barbarities Lately Committed,' everybody has plans for the family's decaying property.
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PublishedFebruary 2, 2020
Charles Yu’s ‘Interior Chinatown’ brilliantly skewers Hollywood typecasting
Written in the form of a screenplay, the novel stars Generic Asian Man, who is stuck playing Background Oriental Male.
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PublishedJanuary 26, 2020
Finally, a novel that captures the inanity of the Trump era
It isn't pretty.
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PublishedJanuary 15, 2020
Portland teacher launches children’s book
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PublishedJanuary 1, 2020
New book brings more attention to Lewiston’s Somali community
Cynthia Anderson's "Home Now" offers a portrait of a city coping with an influx of immigrants and discovering in the process a path to a brighter future.
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PublishedDecember 25, 2019
Elizabeth Spencer, prolific short-story writer and chronicler of the South, dies at 98
She often spent years crafting her novels, but 'The Light in the Piazza' was written in a single, cabin-feverish month in Montreal.
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PublishedDecember 17, 2019
Maine author Andrew Clements, who wrote children’s book ‘Frindle,’ dies at 70
Clements wrote more than 80 children's books, including the text of picture books about a pampered Egyptian cat, an unbecoming fish and a Christmas in which Mrs. Claus stands in for Santa.
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PublishedDecember 8, 2019
Love wildlife? Love reading? Check out our outdoors book guide
We went to the experts for our holiday books guide.
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PublishedOctober 29, 2019
Brunswick author leverages science to help children explore world around them
"The Acadia Files" series, written by Brunswick teacher Katie Coppens, follows a 10-year-old girl on her scientific adventures.
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