A picture of how Donald Hall’s literary generation related to their modernist forebears
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Books news and reviews from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Author Alice Sebold apologizes to man cleared in 1981 rape
Anthony Broadwater served 16 years in prison. His conviction was overturned Nov. 22 after prosecutors reexamined the case and determined there were serious flaws in his arrest and trial.
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BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Spoonhandle’ and ‘First Franco’
A marvelously endearing story by Ruth Moore, and Douglas Rooks’ excellent biography of Albert Beliveau
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Conviction overturned in 1981 rape of author Alice Sebold
Anthony Broadwater spent 16 years in prison after being convicted of raping Sebold when she was a college student, an assault she wrote about in her 1999 memoir, ‘Lucky.’
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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
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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.
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Chris Newell pens children’s book about the ‘Plimoth Thanksgiving,’ from the Native perspective
The former Abbe Museum director dispels myths and adds context about the encounter.
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Maine Gardener: In ‘Plants Go to War,’ readers can observe history through an unusual lens
Ethnobotanist Judith Sumner has written a surprising, plants’-eye view of World War II, chock full of fascinating facts.
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BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘North By Northeast 2’ and ‘The Isolation Artist’
New short fiction by Maine writers and the last days of Robert Indiana
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OFF RADAR: ‘A Murder of Crows Descended, Displacing An Exultation of Larks: Poems’
Dave Morrison’s new collection of poems is another reality check