A woman’s secret past may have something to do with a child’s abduction in Liv Andersson’s skillful and intricate thriller.
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This trip to ancient Sicily is heartbreaking — and fun
In Ferdia Lennon’s ‘Glorious Exploits,’ prisoners during the Peloponnesian War are enlisted to put on a performance of the tragedy ‘Medea.’
Revisiting the era when Reno was a divorce destination
Rowan Beaird’s historical novel, ‘The Divorcées,’ follows women who head to Nevada during the 1950s so they can ditch their husbands.
Review: Expressive range in this family of artists blooms at Maine Jewish Museum
Up through May 3, ‘Father and Daughter’ features the incredible bounty of Dahlov Ipcar and both of her parents, William and Marguerite Zorach.
Plucky 18th-century midwife Martha Ballard is entangled in a brutal rape case
In ‘Frozen River,’ Ariel Lawhon spins a propulsive historical thriller from a few basic real-life facts. ‘It’s a fast read, but some of the ideas that drive it are troubling.
‘Steve! (Martin)’ is a smart and charming portrait of a smart and charming man
“I’m so proud to receive this,” said Steve Martin, accepting the 2005 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. “The only significant American award for comedy, except for money.” It’s a perfectly judged quip, delivered with late-period Martin’s trademark deadpan grandiosity. But it’s not quite true. A comedian’s significance can also be measured by the pedigree […]
Review: Go for the representational sculptures, stay to see how other artists relate to the world
See the sculptures of Sam Finkelstein and Duncan Hewitt, along with a wider-ranging show called ‘Let the World In’ at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockland.
Diane Foley’s heartbreak inspired a cause – and now, a stunning book
Foley’s son Jim was beheaded in Syria in 2014. In the new book ‘American Mother,’ novelist Colum McCann turns her family’s story into a literary triumph.
How ‘Promise’ unfolds: Amid racial tensions, teenage friendships fray in a small Maine town
Poet Rachel Eliza Griffiths’ debut novel, set in 1957, is at once heartbreaking and hopeful.
‘Love Lies Bleeding’: Kristen Stewart in a radically ripped romance
It is 1989 New Mexico in Rose Glass’s “Love Lies Bleeding,” and it is also not. Despite the radio reporting the fall of the Berlin Wall and some very “Just Say No”-era drug busts, this is a mythic 1980s and a mythic USA, peopled by venal desperados pulled from the mildewed pages of a 1950s […]