The author of numerous influential books and magazine stories, the Prague native practiced a kind of post-modern style in which she often called attention to her own role in the narrative.
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Bedside Table: Two excellent books for the farm girl in all of us
“I recently finished rereading ‘The Dirty Life,’ a memoir of an aspiring New York City journalist transplanted to the country to start a 500-acre farm from scratch. Author Kristin Kimball mixes the realism of building a farm and business with enough romanticism to leave me wanting to get my hands in the dirt. The sequel, […]
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‘The Maine Farm Table Cookbook’ celebrates the state’s many food producers
Kate Shaffer’s newest cookbook also serves as a guidebook.
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An unvarnished account of her father’s decline from Lou Gehrig’s disease
‘All the Colors Came Out’ is unsparing about the burdens and rewards of taking care of an ill parent.
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Under the shadow of World War II, an ordinary family’s extraordinary impact
Told through remarkable correspondences, ‘The Weidners in Wartime’ tracks one family’s path to Resistance heroism.
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The story of Europe’s infamous witch trials gets the Monty Python treatment
The comedy that runs through Rivka Galchen’s “Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch” is a magical brew of absurdity and brutality.
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Bedside Table: How to get through tough times? This book, set in World War II, has some answers
“I recently finished reading ‘Symphony for the City of the Dead’ by M.T. Anderson and winner of several awards. This book was chosen by my book club and was based on the true story of Soviet-Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, who used his musical talents to bring hope to the people of his country during the […]
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Maine writers, poets and artists respond to ‘A Dangerous New World’
In the pages of this collection on climate change, loss, grief, hope – and calls to action – mingle.
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David Diop wins International Booker Prize with World War I story
The international contest is open to fiction in any language that has been translated into English.
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Rockport librarian wins Crime Wave Flash Fiction contest
Some clues: a lime-green handbag, a beige car and $100 bill in the parking lot.
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