Inhabiting Chappaquiddick for the month of January, at the southern end of the island near Wasque Point, is a study in solitude.

Universal Love is the new story collection by Alexander Weinstein, the director of the Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing.

The effects of climate change on Martha’s Vineyard within the upcoming decades will include, among other things, continuously eroding infrastructure and damage to the local economy.

Island life is infused with the rhythm of the sea.

The day started off like most days. Waking, coffee, thinking. I was camping, sleeping in my clothes so the dressing part was taken care of.

My friend, Nelson Bryant, died last week. He was 96.