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Six strangers journey across a futuristic West to Monument City. But what awaits them there?
In ‘Anthropocene Rag,’ Alex Irvine employs a gamelike structure, a large cast with conflicting motivations, and his impressive inventiveness building new worlds.
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A daughter goes in search of her late mother’s true identity
In Ilana Masad’s ‘All My Mother’s Lovers,’ protagonist Maggie Krause is in for a big, unsettling surprise.
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‘The Pioneers: The Heroic Story Of The Settlers Who Brought The American Ideal West,’ by David McCullough, Simon & Schuster, 352 pages. $30.
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Flash Fiction Contest
The coronavirus is bad for our health and bad for the economy, but its side effect, quarantine, could be the perfect setting for crime fiction. The Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance Two Minutes in Quarantine Flash Fiction contest opens Thursday. Maine mystery writer Julia Spencer-Fleming will write a “deadly” opening sentence as a starting point […]
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Race, class and an island in Maine all play a role in this sprawling family saga
In ‘The Guest Book,’ the secrets and lies told by the Milton family over generations – to outsiders and to each other – begin to unravel.
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“Summer Solstice: An Essay” by Nina MacLaughlin. Black Sparrow Press, 72 pages. $12.95
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‘A Children’s Bible’ is a blistering classic
Writer Lydia Millet recasts Noah’s Ark as a modern-day tale of climate change.
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Rep. Ilhan Omar describes life as a fearless fighter in new memoir
The Minnesota Democrat offers her own spin on her path to prominence, starting with her childhood in Somalia.
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Book review: Friendship is at the center of Squatchicorns
“Deep in the cold North woods lived a young Sasquatch. He was bigger than you and smaller than me, and hairier than both of us.” Thus opens “Squatchicorns,” by part-time Maine resident Ellen Potter, the latest in her series about Hugo, a Sasquatch, and his young human friend Boone. In this adventure, Boone commands Hugo […]