Jonathan Franzen, David Foster Wallace and Richard Ford are enshrined in the white literature pantheon, beloved for their prose, even if their narratives exclude people of color. In his earnest and ranging essay collection, “White Flights: Race, Fiction, and the American Imagination,” Jess Row, a white writer who dealt with race in his 2015 novel, […]
Leslie Bridgers
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Leslie Bridgers is a columnist for the Portland Press Herald, writing about Maine culture, customs and the things we notice and wonder about in our everyday lives. Originally from Connecticut, Leslie came to Maine by way of Bowdoin College and never left. She joined the Portland Press Herald in 2011 as a reporter and spent seven years as the paper’s features editor, overseeing coverage of arts, entertainment and food.
Book review: ‘The Perfect Wife’ has intriguing plot, chilling finale
JP Delaney’s third psychological thriller, ‘The Perfect Wife,’ puts – almost perfectly – a high-tech spin on the stories of Frankenstein and Pygmalion with a tinge of ‘The Stepford Wives’
Art review: Wabanaki art is on its own terms at Colby
The college art museum leaned heavily on people within the tribes to curate the exhibition.
Society Notebook: E2Tech facilitates sociability in the name of sustainability
People from different fields were encouraged to connect at the summer gathering on an Old Port rooftop.
Deep Water: ‘John Doe’s Love Letter,’ by Dawn Potter
Maine poems edited and introduced by Gibson Fay-LeBlanc.
Dance review: Maine State Ballet captures comedy of ‘Midsummer’
The production featuring professional and student dancers serves Shakespeare well.
Indie Film: ‘Into the Spider-Verse’ has valuable lesson for superhero fans
The animated film is playing next week on the Bayside Bowl rooftop.
Bar Guide: The sipping’s easy at The Thurston Co., wherever you sit
The Blue Hill restaurant has a bar area, patio and small specialty cocktail menu.
Deep Water: ‘American Gothic,’ by Adrian Blevins
Maine poems edited and introduced by Gibson Fay-LeBlanc
‘David Crosby: Remember My Name’ shows the prickly musician has mellowed – but not by much
The documentary ostensibly chronicles one of his many comeback tours but becomes something far more introspective.