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An Early D.I.Y. Master 

Frank Johnson drew hundreds of remarkably accomplished comic strips over five decades, without any formal training in art and in complete obscurity. Until now.

Mar 27, 2024
South Fork Poetry: ‘Osprey’

From a new collection by George Held, just in time for the osprey’s arrival.

Mar 20, 2024
Across the Psyche’s Terrain

Irene Cairo’s collection of closely observed, ruminative stories, often examining family life, will reward rereading.

Mar 20, 2024
Where Have We Been, Where Are We Headed?

A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian argues that the threats to the American Republic we see today have been present in our culture from the start.

Mar 13, 2024
Book Markers: Sussman’s Gangsters, Scholarships for Writers

Jeffrey Sussman reads from “Tinseltown Gangsters” twice over, while the Southampton Writers Conference scholarship deadline looms.

Mar 6, 2024
Owl in the Family

An eminent ecologist’s life is changed when he rescues an injured screech owlet and they come to a certain, yes, understanding.

Mar 6, 2024
A Spy’s Seduction

In this sophisticated espionage novel, Lea Carpenter’s young heroine seeks experience in her search for an identity. She gets more than she bargained for.

Feb 28, 2024
Chaskey Talks Cultivation and Kinship

The author of “Soil and Spirit” will be in discussion with Evan Harris, writer and Star book reviewer, on Saturday at Guild Hall.

Feb 21, 2024
Against the Grain

Ellen Feldman’s new historical novel brings vivid characters, juicy details, skillful pacing, and a solid plot, all in post-World War II New York.

Feb 21, 2024
Writers Speak: From the Horrors of Gilgo Beach

A reading by Vanessa Cuti, the author of “The Tip Line,” a thriller based on the Gilgo Beach murders, will launch the monthly Writers Speak series at Stony Brook Southampton.

Feb 14, 2024
South Fork Poetry: ‘The Overlook in Winter’

No ships off the empty coast in February? No nothing? The birds say different.

Feb 14, 2024
Who’s Afraid of Betty Friedan?

Rachel Shteir delivers a fresh, scholarly reassessment of a legendary second-wave feminist who’s taken her lumps in recent years.

Feb 14, 2024