The ‘Twist of a Knife’ toys with readers’ expectations, mixing fact and fiction to create a witty, entertaining murder mystery.
Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Best-Sellers: ‘Big Truck Little Island,’ ‘The Light We Carry’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine
Society Notebook: After-school program puts girls in good company
A Company of Girls recognized members and raised money at its Empow(h)er awards night.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
Lynn Steger Strong turns her lens to sibling tensions amid grief in new novel
‘Flight’ is set at a family’s first Christmas gathering since their mother died. Resentment and love are intertwined.
Posted inNation & World, Religion and Values
New Japanese law targets Unification Church fundraising abuses
The statute allows donors to seek the return of their money and prohibits religious groups from soliciting funds by coercion or linking donations to spiritual salvation.
Posted inNation & World, Religion and Values
Devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe draws millions to Mexico City shrine
Last year, even with some COVID restrictions still in place, attendance for the December celebrations rose to at least 3.5 million.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
Ukrainian youth choir defies war with messages of freedom
An international tour also takes them to New York’s famed Carnegie Hall.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
Tabloids fume, many in U.K. shrug over ‘Harry and Meghan’ series
At the heart of the show is the symbiotic and sometimes toxic relationship between the royals and the media.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Life & Culture, Nation & World
Critics pan American Girl book for handling of gender, trans identity
The backlash comes as conservative legislators push false claims that people who are LGBTQ or who talk about topics related to gender and sexual orientation are ‘grooming’ children for sexual abuse.
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R. Kelly, disgraced R&B singer in prison for sexual trafficking, releases new album
The disgraced R&B singer is currently serving a 30-year prison sentence for federal racketeering and sex trafficking charges.