Martha's Vineyard Books & Ideas

The Expanding Palate of Food Writing

Louisa Hufstader | Thursday, August 12 2021 - 4:46pm

A sell-out crowd of more than 200 people took their seats at café-style tables at the museum talk about the Changing Story of American Home Cooking, sponsored by Cook the Vineyard, a Vineyard Gazette publication.

Cook the Vineyard

Pushing Eighty

Warren Woessner

I have lived 79 years and if I didn’t wake up tomorrow no one would say I died young.

Making Meaning With Language

Noah Glasgow

Author Percival Everett, whose new book James came out earlier this year, will be at the Performing Arts Center Sunday as part of the Martha's Vineyard Author Series.

Exploring the Past With a Minimalist's Eye

Noah Glasgow

Ben Shattuck will discuss The History of Sound this Saturday at the Bunch of Grapes bookstore, in conversation with poet and Aquinnah resident Ron Slate, who also happens to be his father in law.

For Amor Towles, Love of Writing Began in First Grade

Katrina Liu

Author Amor Towles compares writing a short story to sitting next to a couple fighting loudly at a restaurant.

Finding Hope in the Age of Grievance

Addison Antonoff

Frank Bruni opened up the 2024 Martha’s Vineyard Author Series, talking about his new book The Age of Grievance, and being interviewed by NPR political correspondent Mara Liasson.

Summer Institute Opens With Talk on Artificial Intelligence

Gwyn Skiles

The Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center kick-offs their annual Summer Institute on July 11 with a talkfrom Harvard University professor Karim R. Lakhani.