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

Poet Laureate Reading

The Vineyard’s new poet laureate Claudia Taylor will give a reading at the Martha’s Vineyard Museum on Friday, Sept. 27 at 4 p.m.

Cottage City Oysters Founder Publishes New Book

Gwyn Skiles

After more than a decade of tending oysters, Dan Martino is ready to pass his knowledge on to the next crop of farmers.

Laura’s Labyrinth

Eleanor C. Davis

The stones from volcanos, The shells from the sea,

Billy Collins Event Canceled Article updated

Addison Antonoff

Former Poet Laureate of the United States Billy Collins had planned to visit Featherstone Arts next week but had to cancel his appearance.

Getting Into the Mind of True Crime

Katrina Liu

Michael Ditchfield's upcoming true-crime novella, No Such Agency, recently won the William Faulkner-William Wisdom Writing Contest.

Getting to the Heart of the Matter With the Language of Law

Claire Dow

Patricia Williams, author of The Miracle of the Black Leg: Notes on Race, Human Bodies, and the Spirit of the Law, does not shy away from hard subjects.