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Books

Published
July 13, 2014

‘Seeing the Eliphant’ follows Maine couple’s Gold Rush climb

Despite some gaps, the two-coast saga of James and Rebecca White tells good stories about the Yankee exodus to California in 1849.
Published
July 6, 2014

Steve Luttrell on 25 years of poetry

The former Portland poet laureate and a founder of Café Review reflects on a quarter-century with the journal.
Published
July 6, 2014

Books in Boothbay set for Saturday

This year's fair includes sessions for young readers and adults alike.
Published
July 6, 2014

Signings: Journalist Kevin C. Mills

The author will talk about his third book in a series of maritime novels,"Sea of Liberty," in York
Published
July 5, 2014

A satisfying shift in ‘Bone Orchard’ as warden evolves

Paul Doiron's latest in the series shows a more reflective Mike Bowditch.

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Published
June 29, 2014

‘The Zhivago Affair’ tells how the CIA waged literary cold war

U.S. use of the Pasternak novel as a political weapon is at the center of a thrilling new account.
Published
June 29, 2014

In ‘Love and Fury,’ a thoughtful examination of family, race, class

Richard Hoffman's memoir is a wide-angle inquiry into his relationship with his father and a culture of masculinity.
Published
June 29, 2014

Maine reality inspires fantasy novel

Portland author Genevieve Morgan takes readers of many ages on an adventure with substance in 'The Fog of Forgetting.'
Published
June 29, 2014

Five picks for young-adult summer reads

“The Summer Experiment,” by Cathie Pelletier (Sourcebooks): A pair of young girls from northern Maine plot to win the science fair by trying to contact aliens who might be invading Allagash. Pelletier, who lives in Allagash, is a favorite of ours, and this is her first novel for young readers. “Out of Nowhere,” by Maria […]
Published
June 22, 2014

What’s an artist? Who knows?

A new book on artist Bruce Nauman's life and work probes the question with wit, insight, research and personal experience.