Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Leslie Bridgers
Columnist
Leslie Bridgers is a columnist for the Portland Press Herald, writing about Maine culture, customs and the things we notice and wonder about in our everyday lives. Originally from Connecticut, Leslie came to Maine by way of Bowdoin College and never left. She joined the Portland Press Herald in 2011 as a reporter and spent seven years as the paper’s features editor, overseeing coverage of arts, entertainment and food.
Deep Water: ‘The Jangled World,’ by Mark Evan Chimsky
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Ken Burns on his latest PBS documentary, ‘The U.S. and the Holocaust’
Burns: ‘The willingness of people to believe the lies of an evil regime and manipulative leaders – demagogues – isn’t something that’s a one-off.’
Review: Ken Burns’ new documentary spotlights how little the U.S. did to stop the Holocaust
‘The U.S. and the Holocaust’ shows that Americans fell far short of their ideals in their treatment of Jews threatened with imminent murder in Europe. And the film suggests that the past is not past.
Green Plate Special: Making ketchup is perfect cooking project for less patient little ones
The process is amenable to stopping and starting in accordance with kids’ attention spans.
Best-Sellers: ‘The Midcoast,’ ‘I’m Glad My Mom Died’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
Deep Water: ‘About your impasto,’ by Linda Aldrich
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Author who catapulted vegetarianism to speak at Common Ground Fair
Frances Moore Lappé’s ‘Diet for a Small Planet’ was published in 1971, the same year the fair started.
Maine Gardener: Falmouth gardens that feed the hungry are growing
Tidewater Farm is expanding its gardens and building structures, where it plans to hold classes.
Art review: One show celebrates Surrealism, another mud. Both are terrific
At the Portland Museum of Art and Ogunquit Museum of American Art, respectively, see ‘obstreperous’ Surrealists, who proposed upending all art, and John Walker, who finds beauty, and meaning, in mud.