Lists of the most-borrowed books of 2021 include tales of struggle, hope and humor, as well as local authors.
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Books news and reviews from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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OFF RADAR: ‘Stones and other poems’
The poems in Thomas Moore’s new collection, “Stones,” hike trails that will be familiar to his followers.
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BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Five Tuesdays in Winter’ and ‘Winter: Notes and Numina from the Maine Woods’
A new short-story collection from Lily King and the sixth book from award-winning nature columnist Dana Wilde
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OFF RADAR: ‘What Rough Beasts: Poetry/Prints’
Leslie Moore’s animal worlds
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OFF RADAR: ‘Antique Densities: Modern Parables & Other Experiments in Short Prose’
More of the weird world of Jefferson Navicky
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BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Small Wonder’ and ‘Go By Boat’
The history of Small Point, Maine, and stories of a Maine island doctor
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Nation & World
Joan Didion, peerless prose stylist, dies at 87
Joan Didion, the revered author and essayist whose provocative social commentary and detached, methodical literary voice made her a uniquely clear-eyed critic of a uniquely turbulent time, has died.
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Maine writer donates $15,000 to reading program that welcomes immigrants
National Book Award-winning author Phillip Hoose gives the money to I’m Your Neighbor Books, a Portland-based nonprofit.
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OFF RADAR: ‘Open Form in American Poetry: Essays’
Collection by University of Maine professor Burton Hatlen a labor of his students’ love
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Food & Dining, Vegan Kitchen
The best vegan and vegetarian cookbooks of the year
This selection of 8 covers all bases, from kids who eat vegan to athletes to fans of the late great comedian Dick Gregory.