Books

Vineyard Bookshelf: Strange Love

The narrator of Fred Waitzkin’s new novel Strange Love had an experience that’s all too familiar to many writers: he peaked early.

Vineyard Bookshelf: The Sweetest Days

The Sweetest Days by John Hough Jr., Gallery Books, 2021, 352 pages, $27.

Vineyard Bookshelf: The 19th Hijacker

The 19th Hijacker, James Reston’s 19th book, follows a long list of both fiction and nonfiction titles that take as their subject matter the terrorist attacks on America on 9/11.

So Long Smartphone, Hello Curiosity

Paul Greenberg writes about the outdoors. Most often he can be found at sea chronicling the life of fish in his books.

Vineyard Haven Again Named to National Top 10 for Arts

Vineyard Haven is number six on a list of the top arts-vibrant small communities in the United States—but the honor belongs to the Island as a whole.

The Right Man at the Right Time to Set the Record Straight

The event at the center of Lieut. Col. William Baker’s posthumously published book, The Brownsville Texas Incident of 1906, happened at midnight.

They Walk Among Us, Vineyard Ghosts Are Restless Souls

In Ghosts of Martha's Vineyard, Thomas Dresser has written a book that is part hair raiser and part comfortable journey through the Island’s past.

Searching for a Nation's Identity in Genus Americanus

In the winter of 2011, former professor and journalist Loren Ghiglione and two students of journalism, Dan Tham and Alyssa Karas, loaded up a van and set out to search for American cultural identity.

Walking in Viking Footsteps? Maybe

Just off the coast of Noman’s Land is a rock that once rested on the island.

From Poetry to Prose, Jennifer Smith Turner Finds Her Way

Jennifer Smith Turner’s new novel Child Bride, a story of survival.

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