After years of painstaking research, Melissa Sweet has produced a lovingly illustrated biography for young readers.
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Books news and reviews from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Riding celebrity wave, Ruth Bader Ginsburg releasing anthology
The Supreme Court justice’s ‘My Own Words’ is a collection of her writings.
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Ashley Bryan’s latest children’s book re-imagines the lives of slaves
More than a decade in the making, ‘Freedom Over Me’ began with the sale of slave-related documents at an auction in Northeast Harbor.
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Three writers with Maine ties named finalists for Kirkus Prize
Ashley Bryan, Annie Proulx and Susan Faludi are up for $50,000 awards in different categories.
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Max Ritvo, poet who chronicled life with cancer, dies at 25
He was known for poems that documented the surreal nature of living with a terminal illness.
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Signings, etc.: Joyce Lovely to speak at Belgrade library
She will will talk about her new memoir, ‘Ice Cream, Gas Masks and God.’
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Game warden can’t shake his father’s past in ‘Widowmaker’
The latest in Paul Doiron’s mystery series has the warden searching for the truth about a man who could be his half-brother.
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BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘McCloskey’ and ‘Blackout’
A look at the facinating history behind Robert McCloskey’s art, along with a new stand-alone novel from the author of the Andy Carpenter mystery series
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1135 East Pittston Road, Pittston
The 7,000-square-foot landmark is listed for sale at $248,000.
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BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Father Fell Down the Well’ and ‘Death of an Alchemist’
Recent releases from Maine authors Kendall Morse and Mary Lawrence