Reporters engage in charm and betrayal; checkers are in the harm-reduction business.

Conversations with Maine-connected authors and artists and books and creative projects that invoke the spirit of Maine, its history, ecology, culture and contribution to community and quality of life.

The Blue Hill Public Library and Blue Hill Books are cosponsoring an author talk with Noel Rubinton on his new book, Looking for a Story: A Complete Guide to the Writings of John...

He was a master of long form narratives, often involving high-stakes topics. He reported for Vanity Fair, The Atlantic and The New York Times Magazine.

Looking for a Story is a complete reader’s guide to McPhee’s vast published work, documenting much rarely seen or connected with McPhee, including remarkable early writing for Time magazine published ...

In the spring of 1991, when I was a junior at Princeton, I took John McPhee’s seminar on nonfiction writing. Back then, I was an English major who hoped to become a novelist, and I focused primaril…

Whether you've never heard of John McPhee - or are fascinated by his writing like Noel Rubinton - there's a lot to discover here, about McPhee and about Noel, who's…

When I set out to find the whole world of John McPhee, to document and explore his extraordinary career as a writer, I had no sense of the fascinating marathon of research ahead.

A new book by Noel Rubinton offers a fresh look at the creative nonfiction veteran's work.

The Washington Post’s longtime book critic Michael Dirda took a break from reading, then delved into some favorites and new titles

How Noel Rubinton's detective work found hidden gems

Keep your mind sharp by making The Crossword part of your daily routine.

Why people do things that are unpleasantly hard.

In the country of John McPhee.

A liberal Democrat from New York, she championed women’s issues and rose to one of the most influential positions on Capitol Hill during 32 years in Congress.

Listening attentively to find meaning and music

The world sees Japan as a paragon of minimalism. But its hidden clutter culture shows that ‘more’ can be as magical as ‘less’