The poems in Thomas Moore’s new collection, “Stones,” hike trails that will be familiar to his followers.
Books
Books news and reviews from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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
OFF RADAR: ‘What Rough Beasts: Poetry/Prints’
Leslie Moore’s animal worlds
OFF RADAR: ‘Antique Densities: Modern Parables & Other Experiments in Short Prose’
More of the weird world of Jefferson Navicky
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Small Wonder’ and ‘Go By Boat’
The history of Small Point, Maine, and stories of a Maine island doctor
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.
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.
OFF RADAR: ‘Open Form in American Poetry: Essays’
Collection by University of Maine professor Burton Hatlen a labor of his students’ love
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.
California’s governor writes children’s book about dyslexia
Democrat Gavin Newsom’s ‘Ben & Emma’s Big Hit’ was released Tuesday.