“Right now I’m reading and studying ‘Horse Speak: The Equine-Human Translation Guide’ by Sharon Wilsie and Gretchen Vogel. It’s about listening and talking with horses using the same body language and breath sounds that they use to communicate with each other. Using the techniques in the book, I’m building a deeper understanding and a more […]
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‘River Voices’: In a new volume of essays, the Presumpscot gets its due
Artists and others describe the 25-mile-long river from the varied lenses of science, history and literature.
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Maine Literary Awards names winners, honors Carolyn Chute
‘Blue Summer’ by Jim Nichols wins for fiction, and Kerri Asenault’s ‘Mill Town’ for nonfiction.
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‘Very Hungry Caterpillar’ author Eric Carle dies at 91
Carle wrote and-or illustrated more than 75 books, and his signature illustrations were made by piecing together chiefly tissue paper that he had painted with various colors and textures.
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Paranoia lurks in suspenseful ‘who-wrote-it?’
The new novel by Jean Hanff Korelitz, the author behind “The Undoing,” is a sharp and twisty tale of literary paranoia.
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Bedside Table: Maybe you’ll actually get to go to Venice soon-ish
In which case, you’ll want to read this historical novel.
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Ruth Moore’s classic island novel ‘Spoonhandle’ is as relevant as ever
Islandport has reissued the book, giving a new generation of readers the chance to feel the magic.
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In the 19th century, an unlikely man ignited a movement to protect animals from mistreatment
‘Traitor to His Species” tells the story of Henry Bergh, who believed that when we abuse animals, we also harm ourselves. He was accused of ‘benevolent balderdash,’ but his ideas live on.
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When the sun never set on the British Empire and London never slept
Simon Heffer’s encyclopedic book about Victorian and Edwardian England offers a fascinating perspective on the present.
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Bedside table: The classic novel, and its author, reimagined
“Recently I finished ‘Becoming Jane Eyre’ by Sheila Kohler. Kohler entwined Charlotte Bronte’s best-known character, Jane Eyre, with Bronte’s own real life experiences, as well as that of her equally famous sisters, Emily and Anne. A fast read with a description of life in the Victorian age, filled with conversations of strained silences and thoughtful […]
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