INSERTING FICTIONAL CHARACTERS INTO REAL HISTORY CAN BE TRICKY By Carolyn Megan At the opening of Agnes Bushell’s novel “The House on Perry Street,” Lydia, the oldest living matriarch of the Tallis family warns her progeny, “Beware the priest who comes to the door! They bring nothing
LITTORAL BOOKS CELEBRATES A SECOND BOOK OF POETRY, 43 YEARS AFTER THE FIRST By Bob Keyes This sequel was 43 years in the making. Littoral Books, which began as a radical feminist press in 1975 and returned to the scene this fall with the publication of the novel “The House
THE RADICAL SPIRIT OF ’75 IS ALIVE AND WELL WITH THE RELAUNCH OF LITTORAL BOOKS By Bob Keyes Once a feminist press of gritty old Portland, the small publishing house returns with a more inclusive mission