Books - Portland Press Herald

An enigma, yes, yet this philanthropist was a force for Bethel

by WILLIAM DAVID BARRY December 10, 2017December 8, 2017

Historian Stanley Russell Howe paints a revealing portrait of William Bingham 2nd, who helped revitalize the town in the early to mid-20th century.

by Ron Charles The Washington Post December 10, 2017December 8, 2017

The Irish satirist, of ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ fame, would have a high old time skewering right and left in 2017 Washington, D.C.

by Joan Silverman December 10, 2017December 8, 2017

In his charming, gentle and wise essays, Howard Mansfield elevates the ordinary to extraordinary heights.

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‘This Is How It Begins’ takes on bigotry, from World War II Nazis to today’s hate groups.

by MATT TIFFANY November 26, 2017November 24, 2017

She’s drawn by Maine, and a kind, stable man she’s met, but is it a smart decision or a dangerously impulsive one?

by Mike Fischer Milwaukee Journal Sentinel November 26, 2017November 24, 2017

Women being forced to breed reflects the author’s previous stories of Native American oppression.

The Pasco Lecture Series helps puts Graves Memorial on Maine’s literary map.

by HEIDI SISTARE November 19, 2017November 17, 2017

In ‘Not Always Happy,’ author Kari Wagner-Peck offers real-life stories about her son and his all-too-human parents.

by Frank O Smith November 19, 2017November 22, 2017

In ‘Night Stories: Fifteen Paintings and the Stories They Inspired,’ art meets literature and the readers win big.