King is one of six authors up for the honor, for her book “Heart the Lover.”
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Maine author Elizabeth Strout’s new book is set away, for a change
‘The Things We Never Say’ comes out May 5 and is set in a coastal Massachusetts town. Strout won the Pulitzer Prize for ‘Olive Kitteridge,’ one of her Maine-set novels.
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UMaine professor looks for ghosts in Stephen King’s work
In ‘Monsters in the Archives,’ Caroline Bicks chronicles a year in Stephen King’s archives.
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In a new memoir, a UConn sociologist confronts the shortcomings of caregiving
Laura Mauldin will discuss ‘In Sickness and in Health’ at Mechanics’ Hall on April 14.
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‘All friendships are unusual,’ says Maine writer of the relationship centered in her debut memoir
In ‘Slow Motion,’ Jennifer Dupree tells the story of her decades-long friendship with Marcel, a man living with cerebral palsy in Maine.
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Tracy Kidder, Pulitzer-winning author who shared his work with Maine neighbors, dies at 80
Kidder, who died Tuesday in Boston, had a summer home in South Bristol and often did readings and events in Maine.
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Maine historian uncovers the legacy of a forgotten female sea captain
Historian Tilar J. Mazzeo shares Mary Ann Patten’s story in ‘The Sea Captain’s Wife.’
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Residents rally to keep LGBTQ book in Gardiner-area school libraries
While some on social media want to remove the book, district leaders say they have no plans to ban books.
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Surviving Maine’s 100-Mile Wilderness takes on new meaning in blockbuster novel
Journalist Kat Rosenfield’s novel, ‘How to Survive in the Woods,’ is a thriller for the post-#MeToo era.
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In an award-winning debut novel, secrets propel a clever new mystery set on a Maine island
Jennifer K. Breedlove investigates the inexplicable behavior of others in ‘Murder Will Out,’ which won the Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Award.