Books & Ideas
Next week Alaskans and New Englanders will gather for a conference about whaling in the Arctic, with events in New Bedford, Nantucket, and on the...
Holly Bellebuono’s new book, The Healing Kitchen, is all about the herbs you can eat and what they do for your body.
What’s the difference between romance and women’s fiction? Writer Jean Stone hears this question over and over.
Chance encounters have been major players in Dawn Davis’s life. A random meeting on a plane introduced her to publishing. An on-the-fly author...
The Republican party, Donald Trump and the media all came under fire in this year’s Hutchins Forum, in the midst of what will surely be remembered as...
Radio host Diane Rehm was welcomed Thursday by a sold-out crowd in Chilmark. She discussed her new book, her radio show and stepping away from the...
Most people view retirement as an opportunity to take it easy after a lifetime of hard work. For Philip Weinstein, the Alexander Griswold Cummins...
Jane Mayer is not afraid of the dark. She’s reported first-hand on terrorism in Beirut and traced a high-pressure pipeline of hidden money aimed at...
Martha Hall Kelly’s first novel Lilac Girls, was published this spring and became a New York Times bestseller within weeks.
Richard Taylor's new book, Martha’s Vineyard: Race, Property, and the Power of Place, traces the story of the African American community on the...
As the witching hour approached on Saturday, Vineyarders donned robes and painted scars on their foreheads to celebrate the release of Harry Potter...
Noam Chomsky, widely known as one of the most influential thinkers, offered his thoughts on a variety of pressing issues Monday at the Tabernacle.
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Arts Briefs
On Monday, July 25, Noam Chomsky will speak at the Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs at the screening of the documentary about his life, Requiem for the...
Dr. Peter Kramer discusses his new book Ordinarily Well: The Case for Antidepressants beginning on Friday, July 15.
E.J. Dionne will talk about American conservatism and the Republican party on Thursday, July 14.
