Anthony Broadwater served 16 years in prison. His conviction was overturned Nov. 22 after prosecutors reexamined the case and determined there were serious flaws in his arrest and trial.
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Romance cut short amid Cyprus chaos
Turkish writer Elif Shafak’s new novel weaves the tumultuous history of Cyprus into a story of young lovers split apart.
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Bedside table: A muse of another species
“I bought ‘Mozart’s Starling’ by Lyanda Lynn Haupt at Bull Moose in Waterville. It thrilled me to read about the ordinary starling being a pet for Mozart for three years in his Vienna apartment. The author experienced the same in her home in order to write her bird facts and music facts. Star was Mozart’s […]
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Book review: Lily King’s new short story collection is a paragon of the genre
‘Five Tuesdays in Winter’ ‘speaks volumes in short form.’
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Conviction overturned in 1981 rape of author Alice Sebold
Anthony Broadwater spent 16 years in prison after being convicted of raping Sebold when she was a college student, an assault she wrote about in her 1999 memoir, ‘Lucky.’
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Portland bookseller is grateful for the time he gains baking pie
Print: A Bookstore co-owner Josh Christie has (finally) found a hobby.
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‘The Sentence’ is among Louise Erdrich’s most magical novels
And it may be the best pandemic novel we ever get.
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The stars have aligned this holiday season with the publication of 3 books for children about the sky
Any of the trio would make a nice holiday gift for a child.
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Best-Sellers: ‘Cloud Cuckoo Land,’ ‘The Book of Hope’
The current top 10 best-selling fiction and nonfiction books in hardcover and paperback from Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
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Bedside Table: In the ‘Land of Cockaigne,’ reinvention proves difficult
“The Land of Cockaigne by Jeffrey Lewis”: “I can’t remember the last time a novel left me this helpless with emotion. The title refers to a mythical medieval Eden, but in this novel that Eden is a tract of land in Maine that a from-away couple try to turn into their own version of paradise. […]
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