Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Books

‘This We Believe’: A MVRHS senior project for true Islanders

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A large brown delivery box arrived at graduating senior Livie Jacobs’ house on a Monday night in early May. Inside were 200 books, each cover printed with a green central image of Martha’s Vineyard...

Debut novel ‘Nitro Mountain’ explodes on the literary scene

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After you read a few chapters of Tennessee author Lee Clay Johnson’s first novel, “Nitro Mountain,” you might picture him as an old cuss of a hillbilly seated on a rickety porch in the...

Authors and panelists discuss the meaning of ‘doing good’ abroad

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“Doing Good … Says Who?” a provocatively titled book, resharpens focus on the blunders and assets of work done by well-intentioned Americans in efforts to help residents in poor and undeveloped countries. The authors, Connie...

New book recounts the history of the Edgartown library

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The Friends of the Edgartown Free Public Library have published a delightful history of the town’s 125-year-old library in honor of the library’s move to a new location at 26 West Tisbury Road. The 32-page,...

‘The Fairy Tale Girl’: The ‘Heart of the Home’ lady writes her memoirs

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You wouldn’t think the early years of best-selling home arts author Susan Branch of Vineyard Haven had any sprinkling of pixie dust about them: She grew up in the 1950s in a suburban town...

Vineyard books for all 12 days of Christmas

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Enough cooks, cats, poems and predicaments to get you well into next year

Martha’s Vineyard literary community grew vigorously in 2012

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My annual Best Reads is based on books I've actually read and reviewed. That doesn't mean there aren't other great reads but I haven't read them.

‘Home Bird’ – Stories of happiness at home on Martha’s Vineyard

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Keeping all senses opened is one of the author's gifts. The ability to capture her experiences in words perfectly chosen to convey them is a second.

Gourmets find love among Martha’s Vineyard food

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Chappaquiddick resident and cookbook author Steve Raichlen makes the switch from cookbooks to novels with "Island Apart."

Vineyard books make good gifts

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Sometimes a book is the perfect present.

Vineyard walkers rejoice in new edition of primer

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The fourth edition of "Walking Trails of Martha's Vineyard" by William Flender arrived in bookstores just before Christmas.