To many Americans in 1968, MLK was hardly a hero, as explored in the book ‘The Heavens Might Crack.’
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Book review: Filmmaking couple remember their days in the pack
The authors spent years living among and documenting a pack in Idaho.
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‘The Destiny Thief’ collects Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Richard Russo’s personal essays and criticism
The book collects witty and wise nuggets from Russo, a genial narrator
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The BFF protagonists find all manner of obstacles as they chase their dreams in this compelling middle-grade read
Elizabeth Atkinson’s ‘The Sugar Mountain Snow Ball,’ now in paperback, is set in a small New Hampshire town.
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Book review: Michelle Dean on the women writers who held their own in the boys’ club
“Sharp: The Women Who Made an Art of Having an Opinion” explores the likes of Dorothy Parker, Joan Didion, Hannah Arendt and Nora Ephron, among others.
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With hard work and a good idea, two cousins launched a fast-growing business
A new book details how Cousins Lobster grew from one food truck in one city to many food trucks, and more, around the country.
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Earthlings and aliens cavort in crazy, comic ‘Opera’
Catherynne M. Valente’s latest sci-fi gem is funny, fast and charming yet touches on some serious themes, too.
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With first children’s book, Peaks Island artist Scott Kelley creates a world without fear
‘I Am Birch’ is a parable for our times and a reminder that just because someone says something is true, it doesn’t make it so.
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‘Natural Causes’ makes case that we’re ‘killing ourselves to live longer’
Barbara Ehrenreich, the renowned polemicist, scholar and scientist, mounts an intellectual assault on America’s obsession with youth, anti-aging and the denial of death.
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MaineVoices Live with Melissa Sweet and Martha White
The June 5 event features a conversation with Sweet, a Caldecott-winning illustrator, and White, an editor and E.B. White’s granddaughter.