Local author Laura Shiff released her new book, “life amidst grief,” on Sept. 5. Her previous two books, released in 2021 and 2023, focused on social emotional learning for children.

Megan Grumbling is a poet and writer who lives in Portland. Deep Water: Maine Poems is produced in collaboration with the ...

It started as a grief journal. When Valerie Norment Bruce lost her best friend unexpectedly in 2023, she started writing.

Another death. Another funeral.Another friend taken too early by that cruel, smarmy bastard – cancer.  Another person whose ...

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