Books & Ideas
A new book by a Vineyard author tackles an old controversy. Anyone interested in the 1969 Chappaquiddick tragedy will find it compelling reading.
When Mary Stewart Hammond’s poem The Big Fish Story was published in The New Yorker 10 years ago, her husband “was so mortified,” she said, “He went...
Doug Cabral’s new book, News Hounds: An Accidental Newspaper Life on Martha's Vineyard, frames his years as editor and community newspaper owner...
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.
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Arts Briefs
American Romantic by Ward Just was named a Must-Read Book in the fiction category of the 2015 Massachusetts Book Awards.
It is a big week for symposiums on the Vineyard. so get out the date book.
On Monday, July 27, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center there will be a celebration of the poetry of Peggy Freydberg.
