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The Bookshelf

0000017a-15d9-d736-a57f-17ff8a330001The Bookshelf features authors from around New Hampshire and the region, as well as books about New Hampshire by authors from anywhere. Covering mostly fiction, cre... Read more

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The Bookshelf: A Story About Two Pairs Of Sister Years Apart

The Bookshelf: A Story About Two Pairs Of Sister Years Apart

In a small New Hampshire community two sisters, Henrietta and Jane, grow up under the shadow of a folk tale about the ru... Read more

24 May 2019

7mins

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The Bookshelf: Poet Marie Harris and 'Desire Lines'

The Bookshelf: Poet Marie Harris and 'Desire Lines'

If you've ever been on a college campus or a public park, you may have seen desire lines. Those are those well-worn path... Read more

6 Dec 2019

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The Bookshelf: Miriam Levine's Poetry of 'Loss and Consolation'

The Bookshelf: Miriam Levine's Poetry of 'Loss and Consolation'

Miriam Levine's new collection of poetry is, as she describes it, a book about loss and consolation. In Saving Daylight,... Read more

2 Aug 2019

6mins

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The Bookshelf: Author John Brighton Remembers the Sullivan County of the 1960s

The Bookshelf: Author John Brighton Remembers the Sullivan County of the 1960s

When New Hampshire author John Brighton was six years old, his family bought a lakeside farm in Washington, a small town... Read more

20 Dec 2019

4mins

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The Bookshelf: Joe Hill on Collaboration: 'Story is Our Family's Private Language'

The Bookshelf: Joe Hill on Collaboration: 'Story is Our Family's Private Language'

When Joe Hill launched his career as a writer, he didn't want anyone to know about his famous writer parents, Stephen an... Read more

11 Oct 2019

18mins

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The Bookshelf: The 'People's Book' Showcases New Hampshire Writers, Artists

The Bookshelf: The 'People's Book' Showcases New Hampshire Writers, Artists

This week marked the launch of the second annual edition of The People's Book, a collection of literary works and visual... Read more

27 Sep 2019

8mins

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The Bookshelf: Trans Girl Navigates Middle School in Exeter Author's New Novel

The Bookshelf: Trans Girl Navigates Middle School in Exeter Author's New Novel

For many kids, middle school is a fraught time. Friendships are forged and broken; bodies begin to change in sometimes u... Read more

7 Jun 2019

13mins

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The Bookshelf: In Debut Memoir, Jennifer Militello Upends Time

The Bookshelf: In Debut Memoir, Jennifer Militello Upends Time

In Jennifer Militello's debut memoir, Knock Wood, time moves in more than one direction. The relationship between cause ... Read more

16 Aug 2019

6mins

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The Bookshelf: Nelson's Stacia Tolman On Her Debut Novel

The Bookshelf: Nelson's Stacia Tolman On Her Debut Novel

Writer Stacia Tolman worked for many years as a high school English teacher at a private school in New Hampshire’s Monad... Read more

25 Oct 2019

5mins

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The Bookshelf: Author Alex Myers Challenges Gender Norms in New Novel

The Bookshelf: Author Alex Myers Challenges Gender Norms in New Novel

Novelist Alex Myers came out as transgender in the mid-90s, when society's understanding of what it means to be transgen... Read more

8 Nov 2019

8mins

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