A picture of how Donald Hall’s literary generation related to their modernist forebears
Maine Authors
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Spoonhandle’ and ‘First Franco’
A marvelously endearing story by Ruth Moore, and Douglas Rooks’ excellent biography of Albert Beliveau
OFF RADAR: ‘First Franco’ and ‘At War with Government’
A beautiful testament to Maine’s Franco heritage, and a good explanation of how political strategy takes advantage of American distrust of the government
Native authors share their culture through stories about Indigenous people in Maine
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.
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘North By Northeast 2’ and ‘The Isolation Artist’
New short fiction by Maine writers and the last days of Robert Indiana
OFF RADAR: ‘A Murder of Crows Descended, Displacing An Exultation of Larks: Poems’
Dave Morrison’s new collection of poems is another reality check
Local author, artist announce book-signing event
Barbara Walsh and Helene Farrar team up for ‘The Deer Man’
OFF RADAR: ‘Billy Summers’ by Stephen King
This is best King novel in a while, writes Dana Wilde.
Local author releases new children’s book
Jeanine Deas brings storytelling magic to ‘We’re All in the Kitchen’
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