The former poet laureate chugs on toward his own personal ’roundhouse.’
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Combine an exotic locale, a troubled friendship, a sinister acquaintance and many secrets. What do you get?
‘Tangerine,’ a gripping debut novel by Christine Mangan
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Fiction winner: Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance Youth Literary Awards
Makena Deveraux, Cape Elizabeth High School
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Book review: Biography of Arthur Fellig (aka Weegee) a warm portrait of flamboyant NYC photographer
He gained fame and notoriety for his lurid tabloid images in the 1930s.
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Book review: Two Maine-set novels find characters dealing with trauma of gun violence
One is a campus literary work, the other a serial killer thriller, and each, in its own way, makes for compelling summer reading.
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Watch: MaineVoices Live with authors Melissa Sweet and Martha White
The writers got together in Portland for a conversation about E. B. White.
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With characteristic wit and wisdom, Michael Chabon explores life with fatherhood
Few other writers navigate complexity as deftly.
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Book review: ‘When Life Gives You Lululemons’
Lauren Weisberger has produced a fun and frothy – and worthy – sequel to ‘The Devil Wears Prada.’
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Book review: Cecile Richards offers advice for professional troublemakers
The Planned Parenthood president revisits her life of activism in her memoir ‘Make Trouble: Standing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding the Courage to Lead.’
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Book review: A killer thriller worthy of a King
The hefty new novel from Stephen King is a skillful blend of classic crime fiction and the author’s trademark horror twists.