Author and historian Andrew Och will talk about his second book about the lives of the first ladies of the United States. “Unusual for Their Time: On the Road with America’s First Ladies, Volume Two,” picks up where Och’s first book left off, beginning with Edith Roosevelt and concluding with Melania Trump. Refreshments will be […]
Books
Book review: Mistakes, lessons from a disaster in slow motion
After 17 years in Afghanistan, the U.S. faces the question of how its failure there will affect the region.
Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance opens annual Crime Wave Flash Fiction Contest
This year, you can ‘collaborate’ with internationally bestselling author Douglas Preston.
Book review: William Cohen’s latest book imagines world as giant asteroid nears
In ‘Final Strike,’ humankind doesn’t come off so well, nor does the writer.
Book review: Anthology explores nature, nations and the humanity that binds – and sometimes divides – them
The borders are between the United States, Canada and lands of Native peoples.
A poet and a photographer break down barriers to create ‘Boundaries’
Richard Blanco and Jacob Hessler collaborate on a new book and exhibition at Center for Maine Contemporary Art.
Book review: A view that changed our perspective
“The Earth Gazers” is Christopher Potter’s beautifully written overview of humanity’s voyage into the heavens.
Book review: A lyrical epitaph for the era of the horse
In “Farewell to the Horse,” Ulrich Raulff places the long-suffering, noble creature in a central role in the creation of the modern world.
Maine authors among big-name contributors to ‘I Am America’ anthology
Two of them, Richard Russo and Lily King, will speak Tuesday at Print in Portland about the stories they wrote.
Howard Frank Mosher is a regional writer you need to know
His final ode to his beloved Northeast Kingdom in Vermont, published one year after his death, brings closure for himself and his colorful characters.