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Islanders Write brings together writers and publishing professionals with ties to the Vineyard to speak about various genres and aspects of writing and the writing life. Since the first Islanders Write in 2014, the Bunch of Grapes Bookstore has been at the event, selling books and hosting author signings. While all the speakers at the […]

Is a Vineyard summer still a good time to catch up on your reading? It’s clear that the slow-dance summers of the Kodachrome era have been replaced by the social media do-it and post-it hustle. The past two pandemic summers should have prompted a return to the days of literary leisure, yet they felt more […]

By Kelly DuMar Photographs fill boxes in our attics, and cover our walls and furniture in frames. We store them on our computers and cellphones, and share them instantly on social media. We’re taking and sharing more pictures than ever before. Why? Because our photos show what we care about and hope to preserve, what […]

My debut novel, “The Moon Always Rising,” (a work-in-progress for decades) launched in April 2020. It wasn’t much of a launch, given COVID lockdown; it was more like a sprinkling of saltwater and a lot of waiting to see if anyone would care. The Island community embraced my work with encouraging reviews. Cronig’s Market and […]

It began when she gave up. Her computer irretrievably and maliciously devoured the first 68 pages of a memoir she was working on, what Nancy Slonim Aronie calls the best piece of writing she had ever done. There was no getting it back. The geniuses at the Genius Bar couldn’t recover it, nor could the […]

Jack Shea died on Sunday and if you knew him you’re no doubt feeling a tremendous sense of loss at reading those words. Jack was a larger-than-life character who immediately put his friends at ease with his rye sense of humor. He loved telling stories and did it well in his role as a freelance […]

Vineyard Haven resident Arnold “Arnie” Reisman, a long time panelist on the NPR quiz show, “Says You!” died unexpectedly on Oct. 4. Reisman’s wife, Paula Lyons, confirmed his death, saying he passed at about 1 am Monday morning and that she was staggered by his loss. Reisman was active in the Vineyard’s nonprofit and writing […]

The Marthas Vineyard Times Not for nothin’, but you heard it here first From left, Walter Shapiro, Callie Crossley, Richard ("Ric") North Patterson and Charlayne Hunter-Gault nailed the Trump presidency during an Islanders Write panel in 2017. — Siobhan Beasley President Trump saved his worst for last — hopefully — as he careens out the door in the next seven days. As White House staffers and administration bigwigs beeline for the exits and Trump’s social ne...