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What did Shakespeare really look like? One writer’s quest to find out

by Malcolm Forbes Special to The Washington Post May 7, 2023May 6, 2023

In his lively new book ‘Stalking Shakespeare,’ Lee Durkee chronicles his adventure seeking answers about the Bard’s identity.

by Frank O Smith May 7, 2023May 6, 2023

With missing people, murder victims, endangered puffins, racism and romance, Paul Doiron’s 13th Mike Bowditch mystery is jampacked.

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by Tobias Carroll April 30, 2023April 29, 2023

Set on an unnamed island in Maine, Portland writer Meghan Gilliss’ first novel is evocative and haunting.

by Lori Gottlieb Special to The Washington Post April 30, 2023April 25, 2023

‘The Best Minds’ details Jonathan Rosen’s friendship with Michael Laudor, who, in the grip of psychosis, killed his pregnant fiancee.

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The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.

by Ilana Masad April 23, 2023April 22, 2023

Travis Dandro’s second graphic memoir, the touching ‘Hummingbird Heart,’ paints the teen’s deeply emotional world.