Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry

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Published
March 7, 2015

Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry

Edited and introduced by Wesley McNair, Maine poet laureate. This week’s poem by the late Constance Hunting, a Maine poet and editor, describes a monkey she has trained to sit and write. What the monkey represents, she is not here to explain, of course. All we know is that she admires the “strange marks” the […]
Published
March 7, 2015

Television: ABC’s ‘American Crime’ series pushes hot buttons of race, culture

The show was created by the Oscar-winning writer of '12 Years a Slave.'
Published
March 7, 2015

New on DVD

NEW ON THE SHELF “Foxcatcher,” Steve Carell, Channing Tatum. Comedian Carell makes an ultimately successful bid for dramatic respect in this disturbing fact-based tale, chronicling the unlikely and unfortunate union between Olympian wrestlers David (Tatum) and Mark Schultz (Mark Ruffalo) and impenetrable billionaire John E. du Pont (Carell), who takes it upon himself to help […]
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March 7, 2015

In ‘City by the Sea II,’ John Moon revisits Portland with compelling photos

The second volume pairs historic photos with images of the modern-day city.
Published
March 7, 2015

‘Closer All the Time’ draws small-town characters in detail

Everyday tragedies and moments of redemption carry these 13 linked stories by Jim Nichols.
Published
March 7, 2015

Signings, etc.: Author Alex Myer talks about his new book

The hero is a Revolutionary War soldier... who happens to be a woman.
Published
March 5, 2015

Actor won’t upstage Scalia, just portray him

Edward Gero will play the role of the Supreme Court justice.
Published
March 4, 2015

Dan Foley loses his pants, saves face on ‘Survivor’ episode

Even a renegade wave can't strip the Gorham man of his desire to be the surviving 'Survivor.'
Published
February 28, 2015

Tony Hoagland returns to Maine to launch new poetry series

Lauded poet will read in Portland on April 16.
Published
February 28, 2015

Youth Art Month celebrates the visual arts

Student art on view at PMA through March 29.