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

Oceanographer, Poet, Menemsha Man Through and Through

Arnie Reisman

Conrad Neuman’s new book, Up-Island Poems, is a short lyrical diary of a poetic soul who went out and came in with the tides, an oceanographer who traveled the world and returned to his Island birthplace to rest, to fish, to tell tales.

Summer Reading Kick Off

Island libraries will kick off this year’s summer reading program with a free event on Saturday, July 1 at 11 a.m. at the Agricultural Hall in West Tisbury.

Summer Institute Series Begins

The Summer Institute Speaker Series at the Hebrew Center begins this Thursday, July 6, at 7:30 p.m.

Start Making Sense: Cornelia Dean Takes Science to Heart

Bill Chaisson

In all three of her books, Cornelia Dean, former New York Times science editor, Brown University instructor and Chappaquiddick resident, has campaigned against the misuse of science.

Ebbing and Flowing Around the World

Jonathan White set out to educate himself about tides, traveling from Chile to China. The result is his book Tides: the Science and Spirit of the Ocean.

When Laughter Leads, the Heart Follows

Heather Hamacek

In an essay in her new book Would Everyone Please Stop? Jenny Allen invites readers to come and stay in her Vineyard home. It’s something of a cautionary tale.