Philip Roth’s latest short novel takes aim at the most blameless.
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Books: New on the Shelf
“The Good Daughters.” Joyce Maynard. William Morrow. 288 pages. $24.99. Joyce Maynard’s new novel hangs on a couple of plot twists so cliched that one might be tempted to call them gimmicks. But one reads Maynard for characters, not plots. The author’s deft and delicate touch as she plumbs the depths of her characters’ psyches […]
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Best-Sellers
FICTION HARDCOVER 1. “Fall of Giants,” by Ken Follett (Penguin) 2. “Don’t Blink,” by James Patterson and Howard Roughan (Little Brown) 3. “Freedom,” by Jonathan Franzen (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux) 4. “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest,” by Stieg Larsson (Knopf Doubleday) 5. “Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk,” by David Sedaris (Little Brown) 6. “Mockingjay,” by […]
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Survey says? Museums are vital to Maine’s economic health
For a long time now, we’ve heard museum directors talk about the economic impact of their institutions in Maine, but we’ve never really heard them talk in specific terms. Most of their discussion has been anecdotal, or limited to individual museums. Those generalities and the limited scope of their argument have made it easy for […]
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Arts Dispatches
PORTLAND Biennial to include 66 works at Portland Museum of Art The Portland Museum of Art Biennial exhibition, scheduled to open on April 7, 2011, will include 66 works by 47 artists. A panel of three jurors — Jim Kempner, owner and director of Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York; David Row, a painter based […]
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Signings, etc.: Isabelle Knockwood
ISABELLE KNOCKWOOD, a tribal elder of the Mi’kmaq Nation, attended the Indian Residential School in Nova Scotia, Canada, from 1936 to 1947. Her book, “Out of the Depths,” tells her story of her experiences in a school system that tried to wipe out indigenous culture. On Tuesday, she talks about her experiences and the effects […]
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Winging it: Maine humorist John McDonald puts words in puffins’ mouths
‘Everybody loves puffins,’ Maine humorist John McDonald says, by way of explaining a new book pairing captivating photos with funny captions he’s dreamed up.
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Classical Beat: Tough-love teaching methods often defeat their purpose
The one-man play “Muse of Fire,” performed last month at the Franco-American Heritage Center, deals with the teaching methods of Charles Bruck, who presided over the Pierre Monteux School for Conductors and Orchestral Musicians in Hancock, Maine, after the demise of its founder. Bruck, at least in the play, seems to have been one of […]
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Society Notebook: Grand Opportunity
A gala event celebrates Opportunity Farm — in the business of helping Maine children for 100 years — and its generous sponsors.
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Taste and Tell: Inventive 50 Local loves to keep it, you know . . .
KENNEBUNK – From the basil-scented Mrs. Meyer’s hand soap in the black and white bathroom to the Harris Farm steak rimmed with delectable fat, 50 Local had me pegged. It was almost as if a social media website had been tracking me to the table and setting out the items I was likely to find […]