The comedy that runs through Rivka Galchen’s “Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch” is a magical brew of absurdity and brutality.
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Bedside Table: How to get through tough times? This book, set in World War II, has some answers
“I recently finished reading ‘Symphony for the City of the Dead’ by M.T. Anderson and winner of several awards. This book was chosen by my book club and was based on the true story of Soviet-Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, who used his musical talents to bring hope to the people of his country during the […]
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Leonard Pitts: Where Black history is concerned, America specializes in not knowing
Tulsa is the site of just one of the many massacres of Black Americans that whites have smothered in a conspiracy of silence.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine senators should back D.C. statehood
The disenfranchisement of Washington’s largely Black population is a stain on our democracy.
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Maine Voices: Rancor of the 2020s echoes rage of the 1920s
Americans who believe that our culture and heritage are at grave risk are at odds with those who believe that our founding ideals are under attack.
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Insight: 100 years of immigration mistakes
A century-old law, inspired by discredited pseudoscience, has created President Biden’s border problems.
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Leonard Pitts: ‘What’s Going On’ still feels urgent, still feels now
We still don’t have an answer to the question Marvin Gaye asked 50 years ago.
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Photos of 1960s Portland: Politics, roadwork and doing the Twist
Residents witnessed much demolition over the decade, including that of Union Station.
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Bedside table: The classic novel, and its author, reimagined
“Recently I finished ‘Becoming Jane Eyre’ by Sheila Kohler. Kohler entwined Charlotte Bronte’s best-known character, Jane Eyre, with Bronte’s own real life experiences, as well as that of her equally famous sisters, Emily and Anne. A fast read with a description of life in the Victorian age, filled with conversations of strained silences and thoughtful […]
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In helping her daughter bloom, a mother changed perceptions of autism
Clara Park successfully challenged the idea that “refrigerator” moms caused the condition.