Books & Ideas
Michael Pollan left an overflow crowd at the Farm Institute with a clear message last week: start cooking.
“You can take a deep dive into the soul...
The Oak Bluffs Library brings the Harlem Renaissance to light with a special exhibit of an original manuscript by Langston Hughes. His poem Cubes is...
As a jury deliberates in a Boston federal court over the fate of notorious mobster James (Whitey) Bulger, families of victims, law enforcement and a...
Steam rose from many, many mugs of coffee on Saturday morning as the Martha’s Vineyard Book Festival began at the Harbor View Hotel in Edgartown....
On the pristine lawn of the Styron residence, where the pink and orange tones of sunset moved in above the gently-rocking sailboats of the Tisbury...
In the summer of 1971 Michael Pollan’s pig Kosher won first prize at the Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Fair. But her glory was short-lived....
Throughout her life, Fanny Howe has consistently chosen to do what she loves most, never expecting to be compensated, much less be read or...
When the body of a homeless girl washes up in a pond in Central Park, it’s up to Assistant DA Alex Cooper, along with her steadfast detective team...
Though she has less renown, a Seuss rival is in town. Her new book’s blue and it’s green and it’s got a clever rhyme scheme.
Blue In Your Hair, Green...
It has been a busy year for West Tisbury poet laureate Justen Ahren. Recently he opened the Noepe Center for Literary Arts, a creative refuge on the...
One of the very first things Ali Berlow tells you is that she’s never killed a chicken. “I’ve never killed a chicken, and I never intend to,” she...
Eric Asimov
