It’s been seven decades since John Gould and E.B. White published their respective odes to rural living. But the two prolific Maine writers have inherited quite different legacies.
Arts & Leisure
Piper Green lives a second grader’s ordinary life in an extraordinary place.
Going through the motions that mark the season’s change.
A reluctant writer takes to the road with a tale of a Maine mill town — only to find that her story is something close to universal.
Harvest technology has advanced over the last 75 years. Adolescent styles have certainly changed. But the autumn objective for many kids across Aroostook County is the same in 2015 as for these boys in October 1940.
With a brand-new format and a muck-boot–sporting curator, the ninth iteration of the Portland Museum of Art Biennial comes into its own.
On screamy babies, screamier owners, and other breaches of restaurant etiquette.
On the outskirts of the small city of Caribou, some folks want to lower their taxes by going it alone.
A South Carolina novelist lost his storm-battered sailboat, but saved his marriage during a failed Atlantic crossing.
Passions can run high over the imaginary lines subdividing Maine into regions, as they are not only unofficial, they are also fickle, situational, and entirely open to debate.
The women of Islesboro’s Sewing Circle (est. 1858) make everything from baby sweaters to iPhone cases — not to mention a strong community fabric.
Make a decent middle-class living doing what you love or die tryin'.