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

Sinclair Lewis Reading

On Wednesday, Oct. 26 the Vineyard Haven library will hold a public reading of It Can’t Happen Here, based on the novel written by Sinclair Lewis.

Guided by That Old Vineyard Magic

Heather Hamacek

Holly Hodder Eger's debut novel, Split Rock, follows a stay-at-home mom who moves to the Vineyard for the summer.

New Chappaquiddick Book Presses Theory of Third Person

Jim Kaplan

A new book by a Vineyard author tackles an old controversy. Anyone interested in the 1969 Chappaquiddick tragedy will find it compelling reading.

Sustained by the Poetry of Real Life

Louisa Hufstader

When Mary Stewart Hammond’s poem The Big Fish Story was published in The New Yorker 10 years ago, her husband “was so mortified,” she said, “He went down to the Stop & Shop (and) bought every copy so his friends wouldn’t see it.”

Accidental Editor, Intentional Dog Lover

Heather Hamacek

Doug Cabral’s new book, News Hounds: An Accidental Newspaper Life on Martha's Vineyard, frames his years as editor and community newspaper owner around a multitude of canine companions.

Connecting the Vineyard to the Arctic, Whaling Family Tree Is Familiar

Alex Elvin

Next week Alaskans and New Englanders will gather for a conference about whaling in the Arctic, with events in New Bedford, Nantucket, and on the Vineyard.