Books & Ideas
Schedule of Panels - Edgartown Room
11:00 a.m. History: Past and Present with Jill Lepore (Mansion of Happiness), Tony Horwitz (Midnight Rising),...
Best-selling author Adam Mansbach claims that he’s “really bad” at not working. He has spent a lifetime of summers at his family’s longtime home in...
There is a large group of literature in the American canon referred to as “coming of age.” Though Susan Choi will discuss her new book, My Education...
Someone once told me that writers are people who have failed at other careers. That’s not always true, but it is for me.
When Eric Asimov visits the Island for the book festival it will be his first time on the Vineyard in 30 years. His last trip was marked by trying...
For a parent, a child’s teenage years can be a frustrating time, when adulthood and independence start to rear their twin heads. Most parents, though...
It’s every seasonal resident’s worst nightmare. What happens to your summer home when no one is around?
Consider, for example, this passage from A.X...
About a year ago, closed boxes filled with computer tablets were left in two villages in Ethiopia.
The villages had no literacy and no cellular...
In past years the Martha’sVineyard Book Festival was a one-day event taking place at the Chilmark Community Center. This year the organizers have...
Two of Lawrence O’Donnell’s admissions may sound surprising, especially for a guy who has made a good living in the television world. First, he...
Author Jennifer Clement is guest speaker as part of a series sponsored by the Noepe Center for Literary Arts this Wednesday, July 24. Her new novel,...
The Moth is coming back! It began in New York city as a some friends telling stories to each other as a way back to a time when people did tell...
