Harpist Liza Rey Butler’s new collection of lullabies — yes, lullabies — is good for more than just baby bedtime.
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Brian Kevin is a former Down East editor. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, Outside, Audubon, Travel + Leisure, and other publications. He’s the author of The Footloose American: Following the Hunter S. Thompson Trail Across South America, which won the Maine Literary Award for Nonfiction. He lives in Hope.
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