New books from the viewpoint of Maine’s Native peoples are out this year, and librarians are putting a focus on the subject area, including compiling reading lists.
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Books news and reviews from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Chris Newell pens children’s book about the ‘Plimoth Thanksgiving,’ from the Native perspective
The former Abbe Museum director dispels myths and adds context about the encounter.
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Maine Gardener: In ‘Plants Go to War,’ readers can observe history through an unusual lens
Ethnobotanist Judith Sumner has written a surprising, plants’-eye view of World War II, chock full of fascinating facts.
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BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘North By Northeast 2’ and ‘The Isolation Artist’
New short fiction by Maine writers and the last days of Robert Indiana
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OFF RADAR: ‘A Murder of Crows Descended, Displacing An Exultation of Larks: Poems’
Dave Morrison’s new collection of poems is another reality check
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Warren man’s career in storytelling takes a supernatural turn
Paul Guernsey edits The Ghost Story website and anthologies of contemporary supernatural fiction.
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Local author, artist announce book-signing event
Barbara Walsh and Helene Farrar team up for ‘The Deer Man’
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OFF RADAR: ‘Billy Summers’ by Stephen King
This is best King novel in a while, writes Dana Wilde.
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Local author releases new children’s book
Jeanine Deas brings storytelling magic to ‘We’re All in the Kitchen’
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BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Halloween Party Murder’ and ‘Lobster Graveyard’
The second Halloween murder mystery collection by three authors, and the second volume in the Oxbow Island Gang environmental-mystery series