Books
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PublishedApril 5, 2024
From our archives: On the 25th anniversary of ‘Carrie,’ a look at Stephen King’s influential career
By 1999, the prolific Maine author had made a significant impact on the publishing and film industries, not to mention his readers.
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PublishedApril 5, 2024
Think you know the Master of Horror? Try the hardest Stephen King quiz you’ll ever take
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PublishedApril 5, 2024
Stephen King’s 50-year career has inspired a generation of writers and teachers
Once thought of as a pop culture phenomenon, the Maine author is now studied by academics and aspiring writers.
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PublishedApril 4, 2024
John Barth, novelist who orchestrated literary fantasies, dies at 93
His comic novels and metafictional stories made him a giant of postmodernism.
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PublishedMarch 31, 2024
Washington County libraries are preparing for the future
In Maine’s poorest county, libraries offer not only books but internet access and community workforce support.
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PublishedMarch 31, 2024
Bedside table: Imagine Patti Smith were your really cool (and inspiring) friend
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PublishedMarch 31, 2024
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.
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PublishedMarch 31, 2024
Bestsellers: ‘The Hunter,’ ‘How to know a Person’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
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PublishedMarch 31, 2024
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.
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PublishedMarch 24, 2024
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.
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