The author documents two kinds of journeys—one a road trip she and her husband Travis embarked on, the other, the psychological one the couple delved into to confront and untangle the pernicious effects of childhood sexual abuse.

In the mid-1980s, Island Institute co-founder Philip Conkling traveled to Castine to interview Philip Booth for an upcoming issue of the Institute's Island Journal. Booth, Conkling later told literary biographer Jeanne Braham, “said something that spoke directly to my heart: 'The amazing thing about poems, like the amazing thing about islands: to those people to whom they matter, they matter a very great deal.'”

Vinalhaven artist Chris Clarke is having a fabulous year. Clarke was recently approached by the Farnsworth Art Museum to loan two of his pieces for its current exhibit, "The Art of Disaster," and in August, he celebrated the 10th anniversary of his Engine House Press.

More than just information about the natural world around us, these essays seem to be about being present.

A lot of mansions and large hotels featured in the cards either were torn down or were burned to the ground in the 1947 fire.

Merasi are not permitted to eat with members of other castes, but here they shared a lunch table with me and a few students.

Wing’s relaxed banter, framed by some stock questions, has produced stories that are lively, reflective, informative and humorous.

“I would really rather feel bad in Maine than feel good any where else.”

—E.B. White

What recommends the book to public view more than anything else is the personal experience and intimate relationship David and Carl Little have with art and Acadia…