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A workshop next week will help guide new and experienced writers through one of the trickier steps in writing a personal essay: writing with honesty about one’s life without blowing up personal relationships. “Writing the Self through Others: The Ethics of First-Person Narrative” takes place June 26 through 29 at the Featherstone Center for the […]

“I’m Henry Farber, the psychiatrist. You will have heard my name, if only lately. The Great Man was found dead in my office in Providence, Rhode Island. That’s my couch he’s draped across in the photo, the one that ricocheted from device to device, delivering the news.” So opens Peter D. Kramer’s deftly written second […]

By Mathew Tombers’ count, there are over 200 books written by Vineyard-connected authors currently on the shelves of Edgartown Books. Tombers is the manager of the bookstore, and has been hosting frequent author signings on the bookstore’s front porch. (Mary Beth Keane, Thomas Dresser, Garri Saganenjo, Peter Kramer, and Jorie Graham all have upcoming signings.) […]

The first Islanders Write was held at the Grange Hall on a sweltering August day in 2014. From the beginning we wanted to make Islanders Write free to attend; it would be a gift to the community from the MV Times. There was no advance registration for the event, which meant we had no idea […]

After you’ve filled up on fried dough, taken a spin on the Ferris wheel, and marveled at the fireworks, The MV Times invites you to switch gears and join us at Featherstone Center for the Arts for Islanders Write 2023. The writers’ festival, which explores the art, craft, and business of writing, will begin on […]

We know you’re still basking in the glow of another successful summer on Martha’s Vineyard. Some of our favorite traditions were back in full swing, with no restrictions — the Oak Bluffs fireworks, the Ag Fair, the Edgartown fireworks and parade among them. We were pleased to be able to attend some great public events at […]

Just two months after the passing of his beloved Rosalee, awardwinning author and noted historian David McCullough has died. McCullough, 89, and his family had a home in West Tisbury. According to the New York Times, McCullough was at his Hingham home when he died Sunday. “We are so sad, but what a life,” his […]

Between reading Catherine Walthers’ Edible Vineyard story on World Central Kitchen (bit.ly/evworldkitchen) and George Brennan’s story on “Covering the Russian Invasion of Ukraine” at last weekend’s Islanders Write (bit.ly/mvtlongwar), I’m convinced I don’t know as much as I should about the conflict in Ukraine. And I definitely am not doing enough to help. Whenever there […]

The Martha’s Vineyard Times–sponsored conference Islanders Write returned to Featherstone Center for the Arts last weekend, after a two-year pandemic-induced hiatus. Attendees of five panel discussions held on Sunday heard the expertise, advice, and candor of writers, creatives, and publishing executives, who offered a way forward in an industry that can be daunting and isolating. […]

The video showed a woman who looked like she could be a grandmother. Instead of knitting a baby bonnet, she was crafting a cover for a grenade. In the next scene, she showed off a stash of molotov cocktails — on standby should Russian troops come to her neighborhood. There was nervous laughter from those […]