Before Breitbart and 4chan mastered the art of the strategically incisive political lie, the Greek deity Zeus was already at the bleeding edge of fake news. In Book II of the Iliad, the god sends Agamemnon, king of the Achaeans, a dream urging him to dispatch his men into battle, promising that this will end […]

York writer Sandell Morse was inspired by a family who shared her maiden name.

The recommendation comes from Merrilee Wilson of West Bath.

The nonfiction book by Maine native Cynthia Anderson also incorporates the stories of the city and her own family.

At what human cost, prosperity? One hundred years have elapsed since 87 Mexican miners were locked into a burning mineshaft by their bosses at an American-owned company, a corporate massacre detailed by author Yuri Herrera in “A Silent Fury: The El Bordo Mine Fire.” In the midst of a pandemic claiming the lives of front-line […]

Sue Accardi of Raymond is reading the tale of Winston Churchill’s wife.