Christian Becksvoort’s new book speaks to the philosophy behind his work.
Books
Book review: A deadly fire at a Mount Desert mansion fuels intrigue in the latest from Gillian French
‘The Lies They Tell’ is a well-crafted mystery by a gifted storyteller.
Book review: ‘Bringing Down the Colonel’ by Patricia Miller
This 19th-century woman risked ruin and shame in her own #MeToo moment.
Book review: ‘Northland’ offers postcards from the northern edge
Porter Fox walks (and paddles and steams and drives) the line between the U.S. and Canada from coast to coast to satisfy a curiosity about the ‘northland’ he remembers from his days growing up on MDI.
Book review: John McPhee is still at it, lucky for us
The great essayist is out with a a slim but potent new volume, “The Patch.”
Book review: Mark Griffin’s ‘All That Heaven Allows’ is a perceptive, sympathetic biography of Rock Hudson
The book toggles between the heartthrob’s public and secret lives.
Book review: ‘Follow the Sun’ is a family saga wrapped in a seaside mystery
In Edward J. Delaney’s new novel, the members of a lobsterman’s family are something less than heartbroken when he vanishes at sea.
Book review: What wit is, and why we need it
‘Wit’s End’ by James Geary is a serious, even a philosophical study.
Photographer captures what’s left of the less polished Portland
Taking a long view of a city in transition, Mark Marchesi documents the loss of character and soul in a new book.
Chelsea Clinton is working on a book about endangered animals
The daughter of Bill and Hillary Clinton is collaborating with illustrator Gianna Marino on ‘Don’t Let Them Disappear.’