Larissa Pham takes readers to the edges of the world.
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Portland writer’s new story collection takes on Lawrence Welk, Atticus Finch and Paul Bremer
Bowdoin professor Brock Clarke’s ‘Special Election’ looks at legacies under threat.
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Maine libraries aren’t filling their spaces with just books. They’re spaces for art, too.
Libraries across the state have incorporated formal and informal gallery spaces into their expansions and renovations.
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Read the poem ‘How We Get Close,’ by Sandy Stott
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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Doing good means breaking rules in ‘At Midnight Comes the Cry’
In Julia Spencer-Fleming’s riveting 10th Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne mystery, white supremacy hits town and a police officer is missing.
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Bestsellers: ‘How to Read a Book’ and ‘Against the Machine’ top local lists
Here are the week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
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Maine libraries scrambling for books after distributor closes
Many bought new books from Baker & Taylor, which has been winding down operations for months, and have endured long waits while looking for new sources.
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Bestsellers: ‘The Correspondent’ and ‘Raising Hare’ top local lists
Here are the week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
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Accessible and engaging, ‘Strata’ looks back, way back, at air, ice, mud and heat
In her debut, Portland-based science writer Laura Poppick elegantly makes the case that Earth’s ancient geological history is relevant.
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A new collection of Jonathan Lethem’s stories reveals his preoccupations over time
Encounter super heroes, a talking crab, digital copies of humans and more in ‘A Different Kind of Tension.’