Books & Ideas
When Truman Capote hunkered down in Kansas to research what would become his book In Cold Blood, Oak Bluffs resident Don Cullivan, an old army buddy...
In researching the life of King David for her new book, The Secret Chord, Geraldine Brooks traveled to Israel, where she herded sheep on a Samarian...
Judy Flynn Palmer recently published a book telling of the summers she and her sister and their cousins spent at the family farm.
Professor Philip Weinstein will present Anna Karenina and The Brothers Karamazov beginning on Sept. 9 and continuing through December at a series of...
Author Paul Greenberg wants the seafood consumer to take a deeper look into what they purchase.
Daniel Goleman, a part-time Chilmark resident, recently published his latest book, A Force For Good: The Dalai Lama’s Vision for Our World.
A Martha’s Vineyard & Chappy Sketchbook, published this summer by Vineyard Stories. Gail Rodney’s voice is soft as she tells its story.
Not every book talk begins with a Buddhist chant and guided meditation. But that was the scene last week at the Bunch of Grapes Bookstore, when Lama...
It is a big week for symposiums on the Vineyard. so get out the date book.
Dan Pashman's book is called Eat More Better, and it spells out the precise ways in which a person can improve his or her eating experience.
In celebration of the anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, members of the Martha’s Vineyard community gathered last week for an event organized by...
Devil’s Bridge is the 17th Alex Cooper thriller by Linda Fairstein. The author explores, with great depth, levels of psychology that help even...
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Arts Briefs
On Monday, July 27, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center there will be a celebration of the poetry of Peggy Freydberg.
Junot Diaz will read and answer questions about his life and work on Thursday, July 30 at Noepe Center for Literary Arts.
The poet Billy Collins returns to Martha’s Vineyard on Tuesday, July 28, at Featherstone Center for the Arts.
