Books & Ideas
Dressed in a simple tunic, carrying only his slingshot and a sack of stones, a poor shepherd boy approached the nine-foot-tall giant.
With...
Author Jill Iscol headlines the Speakeasy series on Wednesday, August 8, at the Granary Gallery, located on Old County Road in West Tisbury. The...
There are all manner of real-world characters who escape to Martha’s Vineyard — to start a new life, to get away from their old one or simply to...
My mom is trying to ruin my life. A simple sentence that has become a catchphrase for generations of young people. But one of these life-ruining...
Poet Terrance Hayes, a former college basketball player, prepares for all of his readings as if they were basketball games.
“I have got to bring my...
Author Jennifer Egan had a particularly memorable Vineyard visit three summers ago. While working on revisions to her novel, A Visit from the Goon...
Joyce Carol Oates published her first book in 1963. Since then she has published over 50 novels, as well as numerous volumes of short stories,...
Anyone can watch the world change and stare with wonder. But for Carolyn Forche this wonderment turned her into a poet.
“I publish a book every...
Dipping our bread in oil tins
we talked of morning peeling
open our rooms to a moment
of almonds, olives and wind
when we did not yet know what...
It was a Chilmark showdown Sunday night: on one side was the noted civil liberties lawyer, law professor and author Alan Dershowitz. On the other...
Controversy breeds questions, and an Island visitor has some answers.
Harvard Professor of Law and Chilmark summer resident Alan
Dershowitz...
When Oran Hesterman visits a new city, he heads straight for the farmers’ market.
