Books & Ideas
As Laura Wainwright distinguishes in the titular essay of her new book Home Bird: Four Seasons on Martha’s Vineyard, a home bird is different from a...
The Martha’s Vineyard Magazine Fall-Winter Home & Garden issue, on stands now, delves into the work of creative professionals in the fields of...
Among the green-trimmed houses on High street in Edgartown, Norman Bridwell’s home sticks out. The shutters and doors are bright red. And in the...
John Hersey was a master at both fiction and nonfiction writing. He wrote more than 20 books, including Hiroshima, a short but searing account of the...
Paper is so embedded in daily life as to be almost invisible. It is a transmitter. The message it bears, whether a scribbled note or a printed...
Turn over any rock, wander down a new
hiking path, take a closer look at a shell. Nature is full of surprises and the pages of the book Moraine to...
The September–October issue of Martha’s Vineyard Magazine explores the migratory habits of off-Islanders who end up settling full-time on Martha’s...
The Vineyard Haven Library is stepping into the great fall void with a full list of programs.
On Tuesday, Sept. 11 at 7 p.m. James Sullivan, author...
SQuire Rushnell’s latest book, Divine Alignment (2012, Simon & Schuster Inc.), is the fifth book in his Godwink series, the term he coined to...
Angela Davis is no stranger to injustice. She grew up in Birmingham, Ala. in the era of segregation, was acquitted after being wrongfully...
Music videos, movies, the Internet and the news have embedded the stereotypes of African American men as dangerous and violent in society, said the...
Poetry Reading
The last literary event of the summer at the West Tisbury Library is a joint poetry reading with part-time resident Fanny Howe and...
