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

When the Odds Favor the House, It's Still Important to Feel Lucky

Vivian Ewing

Min Jin Lee's novel Pachinko is a nearly 500-page book that follows one family for seven tumultuous decades. Cultures clash and fates spiral. Wars are fought and babies are born.

The Cult of Infatuation Is a Dangerous Game

Chloe Reichel

Danzy Senna’s latest novel, New People, occupies the uneasy space between horror and humor. “I like that slight feeling of anxiety that those two poles create,” Ms. Senna said.

Book Festival to Open with Talk on Covering the White House

Journalists will discuss the unprecedented challenges of reporting on the presidency as well as the latest news from Washington to open this year’s Martha’s Vineyard Book Festival.

West Tisbury Library Book Sale

The Friends of West Tisbury Library annual book sale runs from July 28 to July 31.

Vineyard Bookshelf: Deadfall by Linda Fairstein

Elizabeth Bennett

What has Linda Fairstein gotten her lead character into now? You can find out in Deadfall, the 19th in Ms. Fairstein’s long-running series of crime novels.

A Cultural Zelig, Jessica Harris Embraces the Muse of Her History

Alex Elvin

Jessica Harris's memoir, My Soul Looks Back, revisits her relationship to Samuel Clemens Floyd 3rd, whose orbit included many of the leading black voices in New York city.