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Troubling history of Malaga Island takes on added significance a century later
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFeb. 2—It's a story that must continue to be told. Though it's been more than a century since Maine forcibly removed all the residents of a mixed-race fishing community on Malaga Island off ...
Maine island that was site of eviction of historic mixed-race community added to national register
theGrio via AOL· 7 months agoMaine’s governor apologized almost a century after the state kicked people off the land An island...
Book about Maine's Malaga Island falls short in Booker Prize contest
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 7 months agoNov. 26—Pulitzer Prize-winning author Paul Harding's novel "This Other Eden," which was inspired by the sad history of Maine's Malaga Island, fell short again Sunday night in an effort to win ...
Novel based on Maine's Malaga Island comes up short at National Book Award ceremony
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 7 months agoNov. 15—"Blackouts" by Justin Torres beat out "This Other Eden," Pulitzer Prize-winning author Paul Harding's novel inspired by the sad history of Maine's Malaga Island, and three of works of ...
Novel based on Malaga Island's history is a finalist for National Book Award
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 9 months agoOct. 3—A novel based on the real-life atrocity on Maine's Malaga Island in the early 20th century is a finalist for the National Book Award. "This Other Eden" by New York author Paul Harding ...
Malaga Island-inspired 'This Other Eden' is fiction; critics say it revives harmful myths
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 7 months agoNov. 12—In the black-and-white photograph, the woman sits on a straight-backed chair and holds a toddler on her lap. Her face bears the lines of age and an expression of distrust, and her eyes ...
Novel that fictionalizes real-life atrocity of Maine's Malaga Island a finalist for top award
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 9 months agoSep. 21—A novel by New York author Paul Harding that tells a fictionalized story based on the real-life atrocity at Malaga Island off Maine's coast in the early 20th century has been named a ...
Maine's seafaring history marred by long-ignored, disgraceful chapter
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFeb. 3—In 1851, Captain Frederick Drinkwater of Portland sailed the Chieftain into New York Harbor. Technically, the slave trade had been outlawed for decades. In reality, American ships and ...
Walsh: 'On a Ruffling Day' a great choice for local historians, photo lovers
Lansing State Journal via Yahoo News· 10 months ago"On a Ruffling Day" by Kenneth L. Gomez offers a much-needed escape from the hustle and bustle of...
These 25 Juicy Novels Were Based on True Stories
The Oprah Magazine via Yahoo News· 8 months ago25 Novels Based on True StoriesOprah Daily It’s no coincidence that nearly half of the 2023 National Book Award fiction finalists were directly inspired...