Pulitzer Prize-winning Maine novelist Richard Russo has made a career of fictional storytelling. Not that his real life lacked for colorful people or places, but fiction would prove to be more malleable. He could reinvent the decaying mill town of his youth, recasting it as Empire Falls or Mohawk. Yet the relationship that dominated most […]
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Portland illustrator Scott Nash has been busy around town
The term might apply to both the author-illustrator and protagonist of a new book for young readers.
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Author Q & A: Near and ‘Deer’
The Maine connection to both an ancient Buddhist tale and a contemporary Indian school comes to light with the publication of ‘The Radiant Deer.’
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Audience Calendar
Art “ArtinMe,” statewide juried exhibition juried by Connie Hayes, Boothbay Region Art Foundation Gallery, Boothbay Harbor. 633-2815. Through Saturday. “Weatherbeaten: Winslow Homer and Maine,” 35 major oils and watercolors, Portland Museum of Art. portlandmuseum.org. Through Dec. 30. “Between Past and Present: The Homer Studio Photographic Project,” contemporary photography made with historic processes, Portland Museum of […]
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Art Review: Gorey exhibit is a major triumph
“Elegant Enigmas: The Art of Edward Gorey” is one of the most interesting and entertaining exhibitions of the year. It’s an impressively large show with about 180 drawings, objects and books featuring the work of one of America’s best loved artists, illustrators and writers — Edward Gorey (1925-2000) of Cape Cod. It might seem a […]
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Society Notebook: All together spooky
‘The Addams Family,’ ‘The Crow,’ ‘Windblown Man’ and more earn nods at this year’s creepy and creative Ghoulwill Ball.
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Book Review: Sketching the decay of society in big city
Tom Wolfe’s fictional tale lacks character depth and never fully comes to life.
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Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry
Edited and Introduced by Wesley McNair, Maine poet laureate. Author Grace Paley once remarked that she knew she had a story when she had two stories. In today’s poem Bruce Spang, the poet laureate of Portland, tells two stories at once – one about a dog, and the second about a marriage. Humane Society By […]
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Dine Out Maine: Naral’s offers robust and enjoyable flavors in the wee hours
When we entered Naral’s and mentioned to the woman stationed at the front that we had a reservation, she responded with a smile, saying she was the dancer and not the hostess. Owner Nabin Naral quickly appeared and sat us at a booth that could have been in several establishments in Portland — exposed brick […]