The stunning paintings in this exhibit were created by pouring layers of enamel oil paints onto the canvas. Jon is an artist living and working in mid-coast Maine. He graduated from the Maine College of Art in Portland, Maine. Jon…
Exhibits
NONFIC: The Newcomers: Finding Refuge, Friendship, and Hope in an American Classroom, by Helen Thorpe
August: NonFiction Pick I loved this book. It describes a year in a classroom in South High school in Denver, Colorado, which is an entry level language classroom for refugee children. New students keep arriving as the year progresses, until…
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NONFIC: The Library, A Catalogue of Wonders, by Stuart Kells
August: NonFiction Pick Stuart Kells in an authority on rare books, something of a book-trade historian. This entertaining book is sort of like gossip about libraries and books, from ancient times to the present. It tells tales of of librarians,…
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FIC: Less by Andrew Sean Greer
August: Fiction Pick A struggling novelist travels the world to avoid an awkward wedding in this hilarious Pulitzer Prize-winning novel full of “arresting lyricism and beauty” (New York Times Book Review). Elly
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FIC: Manhatten Beach by Jennifer Egan
August: Fiction Pick Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction The daring and magnificent novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author. With the atmosphere of a noir thriller, Egan’s first historical novel follows Anna and Styles into a…
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