Books & Ideas
The Viet Nam War, the 10- part epic documentary by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, is currently telling for the country, in segments that are equal parts...
Phil Weinstein begins his popular fall literature seminars on Wednesday, Oct. 4 at the Katharine Cornell Theatre.
There will be a book talk and poetry reading with architect John DaSilva and poet GennaRose Nethercot on Saturday, Sept. 30.
Music journalist Holly Gleason's new book contains 27 essays written by women about a female country singer who changed their lives.
Cong. Gerry Studds, the subject of Mark Robert Schneider’s tough and smart new biography, is remembered now in offhand conversation for a scandal.
Actor John Sibi-Okumu will host a poetry reading at the Vineyard Haven Library on Wednesday, Sept. 27 at 7 p.m.
There will be a book release party on Saturday, Sept. 16 for Emma Young’s new poetry chapbook, Adamantine, held at the Field Gallery in West Tisbury...
Baseball inspires storytellers, as Jim Kaplan demonstrates in his engaging new book of essays Clearing the Bases: A Veteran Sportswriter on the...
Michael G. West said an 11th century Japanese Buddhist text provided him with a creative spark for his new novel.
In To the New Owners: A Martha’s Vineyard Memoir, author Madeline Blais reckons with the 2014 sale of her in-laws’ summer retreat.
MIT biochemist Dr. Kevin Esvelt will speak about genetic editing on Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the Katharine Cornell Theatre.
In John Merrow’s new book, Addicted to Reform: A 12-Step Program to Rescue Public Education, the author describes what he sees as a society hooked on...
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Arts Briefs
Philip Weinstein begins his series of lecture on William Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom! on Wednesday, Nov. 2.
On Wednesday, Oct. 26 the Vineyard Haven library will hold a public reading of It Can’t Happen Here, based on the novel written by Sinclair Lewis.
The bookstores are staying up late on Saturday, July 30, in preparation for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which is actually a script of the play...
