With his latest novel, King proves that he’s willing to keep evolving.
2023
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bestsellers: ‘Holly,’ ‘The Wager’
The current bestselling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
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Posted inRecipes
How kala namak, black salt, went from Indian staple to vegan star
When Nisha Vora was a little girl in Barstow, California, she had one request whenever her mother prepared pani puri: Please make the water milder. Those single-bite orbs of fried bread – typically poked with a crater in the middle and crowded with some combination of potatoes, onions and chickpeas – were a beloved street […]
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
What’s up in October: Partial solar eclipse will be visible in Maine on Oct. 14
Other highlights include the annual Orionid meteor showers, and Saturn and Jupiter as the bright evening planets.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Renewable energy is relatively cheap and life-saving
A Bloomberg Opinion commentary in the Sept. 17 Telegram argued against renewable energy (e.g., wind, solar, etc.), by asking, “What happens when cheap renewable energy isn’t so cheap?” The author points out “that the price of solar, and especially offshore wind projects, is now going up rather than down.” He failed to acknowledge that the […]
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Bedside table: ‘Band of Brothers’ by Stephen E. Ambrose
Book recommendations from readers.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Bringing Big Oil to justice
The lawsuit that California has filed against five fossil fuel companies, seeking damages to help mitigate the costs of global warming, should be a model for other states and the focus of media coverage.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: We must challenge the subtle censorship of books as much as the brazen
Are librarians like us fighting censorship if we defend only those titles with which we agree?
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Does devaluing the unborn devalue birthing units?
I absolutely agree with the Sept. 24 Our View editorial that “birthing unit closures endanger Mainers.” Yes, it requires a comprehensive approach, as it puts pregnant women’s lives in danger. So let’s make it truly comprehensive. But why make reference to what you describe as “anti-choice rhetoric” in 2023 being “at a fever pitch”? Is […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Don’t fall for zombie 2020 election conspiracies
Is it just a coincidence that the air is starting to feel like Halloween and Eduard van Loenen is on a witch hunt? Or maybe a zombie hunt? I read his letter (“Voter registration coverage overlooks citizenship verification,” Sept. 24) several times. Each time I was looking closely for something. An important something. Something that […]