OFF RADAR: Poetry by one of the people of the dawn land

'Bear, Coyote, Raven' by Jason Grundstrom-Whitney

BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: Three new children’s books from Maine authors

'Moe Pea the Moose Grows Up,' 'Before You Were Ours' and 'A Fine Orange Bucket'

OFF RADAR: While you’re staying at home without the flu …

What are we going to do as we hide out during the weeks, or possibly months it takes the COVID-19 storm to run its course?

BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Jane Darrowfield, Professional Busybody’ and ‘The Vigilance of Stars’

Opening night of statewide film festival draws crowd in Waterville

Thursday's event included a screening of the 1945 film "Leave Her to Heaven" and a discussion with Tim Williams, the grandson of Ben Ames Williams who authored the 1944 novel the film was based on.

OFF RADAR: Books from Farmington country

'Dwellers in the House of the Lord' and 'The Vigilance of Stars'

BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Hermit’ and ‘Garden Cemeteries of New England’

A terrific story about the decisions people make to protect themselves and others, and a short history of garden cemeteries from the mid-1800s

OFF RADAR: ‘Blue: poems’

Dave Morrison’s poems are direct and clever in expression, vivid in image, explicit in emotion, and overflowing with perceptive awe for the everyday world and his own bewildering emotions.

BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Home Now’ and ‘Farnswell’

A provocative and insightful commentary on the influx of African Muslim refugees and asylum-seekers settling in Lewiston, and a novel with a clever blend of subtle mystery, poignant innocence and the satisfying realization that good things really do happen to good people

Governor lends her voice to new televised poetry series

Maine Poet Laureate Stuart Kestenbaum builds on the success of the 'Poems from Here' radio program and expands it into a TV series, featuring Mainers – including Gov. Janet Mills – speaking poems.