Essays

Duncan Watson explains the big lie from the plastics industry “is by default, that something should be recyclable because it’s got the...

Monadnock Region: Henry Walters is many things. He is an award-winning poet and Master Falconer, who at one point in his life climbed...

Leaf Seligman, Courtesy Photo Recognizing and acknowledging each other’s true nature and worth. MONADNOCK AREA: Leaf Seligman’s...

Elisa New: All photos courtesy of Elisa New and Poetry in America No matter the subject, a good television program can draw you in,...

Author photo by Fletcher Manley. Author and environmental activist, Jamie Sayen’s latest book speaks about “the failure of conservation...

John Robinson at his favorite coffee shop on the NH Seacoast. When a work of nonfiction starts with a quote from Friedrich Nietzsche, one...

Author photo. Courtesy Deborah Black Dempsey LONDONDERRY: Deborah Blake Dempsey has walked on coals, taken trapeze lessons, sky-dived...

Author, Brinda Charry, talks about her debut novel, The East Indian. Photograph by Lisa Arnold. In 2020, Keene State College professor,...

Left: Screenshot of Lloyd Peter Upton from FamilySearch.org and of Hiram Upton from FindAGrave.com Part Two: Lloyd Peter Upton of...

Part One: New Hampshire newspaperman, Nick Pappas, explores the mine disasters. ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO: For nearly 24 years, Nick Pappas...

A four-year journey hiking and summiting New Hampshire’s 48 Highest Peaks NEW BOSTON: When Keith Gentili was 44 years old, he had a goal:...

Mike Sirofchuck KODIAK ISLAND, ALASKA: How do you find the one person who gets you, elevates you, challenges you, and with whom you want...

Richard Donald Groves Merrimack, NH: Have you ever watched a football game and seen a referee make a call on the field that seemed so...

Kristen Perrault photo North Hampton, NH: John Perrault’s bio defines him as a balladeer, poet, author, and songwriter. From 2003 to...

Katharine Hepburn, Dorothy Loudon, and Ernest Thompson in rehearsal on Thompson’s play THE WEST SIDE WALTZ, in 1981. Photo courtesy of...

LAKES REGION, NH: Arriving at the home of Ernest Thompson, I steer down a long driveway to a picturesque Lakes Region New Hampshire farm...

Thomas sailing off Culebra. Courtesy of Stephanie Labonville PORTSMOUTH, NH: For Part 2, we delve into Thomas’s life after his father and...

The Extraordinary Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Thomas Thor Tangvald By BEVERLY STODDART, A NH Writer’s Life PORTSMOUTH, NH: In...

In the first moments of The Shawshank Redemption, the 1994 film based on the novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption by Stephen...

Sy Montgomery. Photo credit Tianne Strombeck. On a day in May, I arrive at Fiddleheads Café in Hancock, New Hampshire, to meet with...