Books
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2021
Bedside Table: ‘Disconcerting similarities’ to Hitler’s rise
For this reader, Erik Larson's 'In the Garden of Beasts' evokes Trump's America.
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2021
Irrefutable and overwhelming absence in poet Deborah Cummins’ latest collection
Many of the 43 poems in 'Until They Catch Fire" are responses to the death of her brother and her mother.
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2021
How did all these books get into my house? There’s a method to what seems like madness
Michael Dirda's "inquiring mind" has led to an impressive collection of books.
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2021
Simon & Schuster drops book by Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley
In the wake of this week’s siege of the Capitol, the publisher cancels a book by a senator who objected to Joe Biden’s win and backed baseless claims that the 2020 election was rigged.
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PublishedJanuary 5, 2021
Eric Jerome Dickey, bestselling novelist, dies at 59
Dickey, who began writing fiction in his mid-30s, wrote ‘Sister, Sister,’ ‘Waking With Enemies’ and dozens of other stories about contemporary Black life.
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PublishedJanuary 3, 2021
The astounding brilliance and abiding joy of Mozart
In 'Mozart: The Reign of Love,' Jan Swafford persuasively argues that Mozart was not the tragic figure he's usually portrayed as.
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PublishedJanuary 3, 2021
During a dark aftertime, a former Hollywood screenwriter retreats to an isolated Maine peninsula
Nothing - phones, cars, planes or life itself - is the same in Jonathan Lethem's latest dystopian tale.
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PublishedJanuary 3, 2021
Bedside Table: Politics on the nightstand
One Maine reader – and we'd guess plenty more – is reading about Donald Trump from the perspective of his estranged niece.
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PublishedDecember 27, 2020
Perry O’Brien’s superb, tempestuous thriller centers on an AWOL soldier
In 'Fire in the Blood,' a paratrooper deployed to Afghanistan returns stateside after his wife dies in a mysterious hit-and-run.
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PublishedDecember 27, 2020
Bedside Table: Gov. Mills is definitely not reading for escape right now
Bet you want to know what books are on her nightstand!
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