Books & Ideas
Author John Hough Jr. talks about his acclaimed new book, Seen the Glory, about two brothers from Martha’s Vineyard during the Civil War, at the...
Book Discussion
Book discussion of Five Quarters of the Orange, by Joanne Harris, is at the Oak Bluffs library from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. on...
Budding
In our neighborhood the Russian Olive
Is first to extrude its buds.
Along its slender branches, and at their tips,
Ten thousand...
Permaculturist Returns to Vineyard
Pornography is a $10 billion per year business that dehumanizes women, harms children, destroys relationships and is addictive. Because of...
Technothriller writer, essayist, postmodern literary fabulist and Island resident John Sundman will discuss his work and the meaning of literature...
On Thursday, Sept. 10 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. the Grant Resource Network: Martha’s Vineyard (GRNMV) will present a free grant funding workshop at the...
Preparing Oneself for Dying
Compulsively,
I strive to find a method
for a confrontation with what must be done
to save my children from the...
For 21 years — from the late summers of 1874 through 1895 — a passenger train chuffed along a route that looks inconceivably imposing to us today:...
Six years ago, West Tisbury resident Paul Karasik traveled to Oxford, Md., to meet the son of Fletcher Hanks, a great undiscovered comic book...
SKUNK NIGHT SONNETS. By Daniel Waters. Bright Hill Press, Treadwell, N.Y. 2009. 38 pages. Softcover, $10.
One of my favorite booths at the West...
The Wonder of Horses
