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

Poetry Workshop Announced

Island poet KT Herr leads a free, weekly online poetry writing workshop Fridays beginning May 8.

Poetry Writing Class Returns

West Tisbury poet laureate Spencer Thurlow leads another online free-write poetry class on Thursdays starting May 7.

Oak Bluffs Author Wins Prestigious Fiction Prize

Jennifer Smith Turner’s recent book Child Bride was named best fiction e-book by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association.

July 4 Inkwell Speech Goes Virtual

The annual July 4 reading of a Frederick Douglass speech at Inkwell Beach in Oak Bluffs will take place online this year.

Writers Read Online

Pathways Arts hosts an evening of live readings Tuesday on the Zoom online platform. All are welcome.

Poetry Class Announced

A five-week online workshop titled Poetry in Love with the Ordinary is sponsored by the Noepe Center for Literary Arts at Featherstone.