In ‘Final Strike,’ humankind doesn’t come off so well, nor does the writer.
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Book review: Anthology explores nature, nations and the humanity that binds – and sometimes divides – them
The borders are between the United States, Canada and lands of Native peoples.
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A poet and a photographer break down barriers to create ‘Boundaries’
Richard Blanco and Jacob Hessler collaborate on a new book and exhibition at Center for Maine Contemporary Art.
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Book review: A view that changed our perspective
“The Earth Gazers” is Christopher Potter’s beautifully written overview of humanity’s voyage into the heavens.
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Book review: A lyrical epitaph for the era of the horse
In “Farewell to the Horse,” Ulrich Raulff places the long-suffering, noble creature in a central role in the creation of the modern world.
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Maine authors among big-name contributors to ‘I Am America’ anthology
Two of them, Richard Russo and Lily King, will speak Tuesday at Print in Portland about the stories they wrote.
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Howard Frank Mosher is a regional writer you need to know
His final ode to his beloved Northeast Kingdom in Vermont, published one year after his death, brings closure for himself and his colorful characters.
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Book review: ‘Moral Combat: How Sex Divided American Christians and Fractured American Politics’
R. Marie Griffith offers an impressive, scholarly history of the massive fault line running through U.S. history and politics.
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The espionage icon who sought a different path in Vietnam
An OSS and CIA golden boy in the 1950s and ’60s, Edward Lansdale was eventually marginalized, and America lost the war.
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‘Crossing Borders’ is a rich, intriguing collection of pieces that survey the landscape
Translation, it turns out, is far from an exact science.