NEW YORK — For the first two seasons of “Boardwalk Empire,” romance was elusive for Enoch “Nucky” Thompson. He rules Atlantic City, N.J., as its city father, major-domo mobster and, with this HBO drama set in Prohibition days, its reigning bootlegger. But never mind all that. Nucky (played by unlikely leading man Steve Buscemi) wants […]
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Author Q & A: Behind the seen
A new book on Harry Stump offers insight into his art, his interest in psychic phenomena, and a lesser-known episode as a resistance fighter in World War II.
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Book Review: Exploring the trials of fading enterprise
Michael Chabon’s latest covers a vast universe of characters and culture.
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Winslow Homer: Making waves in the art world
The Portland Museum of Art has gathered 38 of Homer’s works – all made at his studio on Prouts Neck – for a once-in-a-lifetime show.
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Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry
In case you didn’t manage a moose sighting this season, here’s a poem on that subject by Dougles Woodsum of Smithfield. Doug writes that the poem is based on an incident told him by a friend. The poem’s skillful blend of comedy and drama, however, are all his.
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Book Review: Portrait of lives that lost direction
Zadie Smith’s new novel depicts searches for the elusive gates to paradise.
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Book Review: Plot, writing, narration shine in Mainer’s ‘Fingerprints’
Marcia Leonard’s novel has an intriguing plot and writing that sparkles. The book’s a winner in my opinion, and I think you’ll agree with that assessment. A chemist-turned-fiction writer living in Falmouth, Leonard accurately describes her own 212-page work. “Fingerprints,” she writes, “is a murder/suspense novel with a love story — and a multiple personality […]
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Author Q & A: Criminal Intent
When Tess Gerritsen writes one of her wildly popular ‘Rizzoli & Isles’ mysteries — her latest, ‘Last to Die,’ is out now — she has a very specific modus operandi.
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Dine Out Maine: Experience the fun of island dining at Cockeyed Gull
Reducing an evening to a number grade is tough. Try it. For example, an oceanside drive is the stuff of Maine’s late-summer legend, with sun-filled blue sky and Springsteen on the radio. The route rates an immediate 5 out of 5, but add the glut of tourist vehicles vying for Old Port parking and the […]