Kate Feiffer
‘Islanders Write’ turns five
This year marks the fifth anniversary for “Islanders Write,” the writers’ festival that brings writers, editors, and others immersed in the writing life together...
What did you do this winter?
Peter Pinkletink hopped out of Aquinnah this winter. The irrepressibly charming Peter, whose stories are being told in a series of online books for...
Reading Nancy
Three frames of a comic strip with three words repeated three times inspired two men to spend some 30 years writing a book. The...
On the bedside table
We’re ending the year with a new Friday feature about books. We’re calling it Bedside Table. We'd like to hear about what you’re reading...
It’s all in the technique
Before Tim Healy’s first child was born, Healy and his then wife went shopping for items for the baby’s nursery. Along with blankets and...
Watch your wallpaper
In a scene from the 1982 film “Tootsie,” Jessica Lange’s character is lying in her childhood bedroom and says to Dustin Hoffman’s Dorothy, “I...
Island writers tell all
“Islanders Write” is returning for the fourth summer on Monday, August 14, at the Grange Hall in West Tisbury. This daylong event examining the...
A conversation with children’s book author Elise Broach
I am flummoxed. I am trying to write about Elise Broach’s most recent book “The Wolf Keepers” (Henry Holt and Co.). Elise will be...
Katharine Cornell comes to life at a reading of A.R. Gurney’s ‘The Grand Manner’
“Katharine Cornell swims in the nude,” Guthrie McClintic says in A.R. Gurney’s play “The Grand Manner.” The character of Guthrie, based on Cornell’s real-life...
Gregory Mone teams up with Bill Nye for new science adventure book
Ten years after a day of surfing with Bill Nye the Science Guy, West Tisbury resident Gregory Mone entered into a deal to co-author...
‘Islanders Read the Classics’ continues: Paul Karasik on ‘Maus’
In 1991, Art Spiegelman’s breakout graphic novel “Maus” appeared on the New York Times bestseller list for both fiction and nonfiction. This list switch...
Islanders Write checks in with the 2016 panelists
Last August, more than 30 writers came together at the Grange Hall to discuss the art, craft, and business of writing at the third...
Solving the mystery: Why Linda Fairstein is writing for young readers
In 1930, American children were introduced to Nancy Drew, a 16-year-old sleuth who defied gender expectations. The Nancy Drew Mysteries, written by several different...
Fair Loser: One artist’s quest for the coveted Ag Fair blue ribbon
This week’s paper includes a list of everyone who won a ribbon at the 155th Agricultural fair. My name does not appear on this...
Noepe Center will host writing workshops at Islanders Write
Noepe Center for Literary Arts is hitting the road and heading to Islanders Write on Monday, August 7. Justen Ahren, founder and director of...
Cocktail Party
I talked to an artist considered iconic
Chatted with a friend who is always ironic
Laughed a lot with a swarthy beauty
Engaged in gossip, as if...
Sketch MV! group draws in artists of all sorts
Five women carrying sketch pads showed up at the Field Gallery on Saturday morning for the first Sketch MV!, an initiative spearheaded by artist...