2025 – Page 1238 – The Portland Press Herald

Arts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Review

MECA’s temporary exhibit uses U-Haul trucks to explore the possibilities of empty spaces

by Jon Calame May 1, 2025May 1, 2025

The ‘Cluster Truck’ sculpture exhibition invited 11 students at the Maine College of Art and Design to adopt a truck and create an experience or spectacle.

Arts & Entertainment, Books, Life & Culture

A man tries to build a world for his wife. Will she ever arrive?

by Jacob Brogan The Washington Post May 1, 2025May 1, 2025

Antonio Muñoz Molina’s ‘Your Steps on the Stairs’ tells a story of love, loneliness and one very good dog.

Letters

Let’s talk about trans athletes, not fight about them | Letter

May 1, 2025April 30, 2025

I strongly support Rep. Laurel Libby’s right to voice her opinion on the rights of biological and nonbinary women without censure. What she should apologize for is for posting a teen’s identity and photo in any media. Every adult should know how dangerous that is to the teen in an environment where doxxing can threaten […]

Arts & Entertainment, Life & Culture

Deep Water: ‘Limington,’ by Lynne Benoit

May 1, 2025May 1, 2025

This week’s poem, Lynne Benoit’s “Limington,” offers a nuanced portrait of an aging grandfather and the past. I love this poem’s vivid range of glimpses, memories, and artifacts, and how they all add up to a whole — a life to hold. Benoit grew up in the western mountains of Maine. She lives and writes […]