Books & Ideas

Vineyard Bookshelf: American Spirit, Speeches by David McCullough

Steve Donoghue

The new book from David McCullough, The American Spirit, is a collection of transcripts from speeches the author has given over the last 30 years.

4:14 pm, July 20, 2017
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Prize Winning Book and a Life Cut Short

Marjory Potts

In 2004, the novel Suite Francaise was awarded the Renaudot Prize, a glittering prize for fiction in France. This astounded the literary world...

1:00 pm, July 20, 2017
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Going to the Heart of Cooking, Kitchen Tables of Ancient Kings

Heather Hamacek

James Beard award-winning cookbook author Joan Nathan’s new cookbook, King Solomon’s Table, is filled with recipes as resplendent as those prepared...

2:13 pm, July 13, 2017
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Economists Dissect Trumponomics at Hebrew Center Opener

Alex Elvin

Three leading voices in U.S. policy and economics spoke optimistically about the prospects for the U.S. economy before a near-capacity crowd at the...

5:00 pm, July 11, 2017
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Martha's Vineyard Book Festival Is Literary Feast of Creativity and Ideas

Chloe Reichel

Gender, race, politics and the environment are prominent themes in the seventh Martha’s Vineyard Book Festival, which takes on August 5 and 6.

4:47 pm, July 6, 2017
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For Alexandra Fuller, Writing Requires Going to the Hard Places

Glynis Hart

Alexandra Fuller, author of Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight, recently released her first novel, Quiet Until the Thaw. She will be speaking on...

3:38 pm, July 6, 2017
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Oceanographer, Poet, Menemsha Man Through and Through

Conrad Neuman’s new book, Up-Island Poems, is a short lyrical diary of a poetic soul who went out and came in with the tides, an oceanographer who...

2:54 pm, July 6, 2017
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Summer Reading Kick Off

Island libraries will kick off this year’s summer reading program with a free event on Saturday, July 1 at 11 a.m. at the Agricultural Hall in West...