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South Lee resident killed in Great Barrington car accident

The accident is under investigation by the Great Barrington Police Department, the Massachusetts State Police and the Berkshire County District Attorney’s Office.

In the trenches: At home with my kids

Despite all the uncertainty swirling about that highlights all I can’t control, there is one thing I can control: the atmosphere inside my home.

AMPLIFICATIONS: Influential books

When I was in seventh grade, I started reading all the books my mother told me not to read.

‘JUUL’ of the Housatonic: Vaping seen as ‘epidemic’ in Southern Berkshire schools

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced last week that e-cigarette use has increased almost 80 percent among high schoolers and 50 percent among middle schoolers since last year.

AUDIO REVIEWS: Two thrillers, a memoir, and a fairy tale

A couple of thrillers, a memoir and one surreal fairy tale are on the agenda this week.

AUDIO REVIEW: Authors reading their own works

Sometimes you just want to hear an author read his or her own audiobook.

AUDIO REVIEWS: Fiction — a thriller, biography, love story

Fiction dominates todays reviews with one thriller, one novel based on fact, and two easy-going tales from established authors.

BOB GRAY: Kindred Spirits

He seemed about my age, and I appreciated, as he read, what I understood as resonances of both vigor and mortality.

SHORT STORY: The Reading

This is sixth story from Jonathan Baumbach’s forthcoming collection, “The Pavilion of Former Wives,” to be published by Danzig.

Lulu ‘n’ Hershey

It's Hershey's turn to come clean with his New Year's resolutions: More Proust, less TV.

The Bookloft, long-time refuge for readers and writers, is up for sale

It is bursting with titles and special editions and things you never even knew about. The cookbook section is a knockout. And the children and young adult section is enchanting.

A Writer Recommends: ‘There is Nothing Wrong with You’

Huber’s words are those of a serious and well-worn traveler of the interior, who sees self-hate as the greatest obstacle to being a truly awakened person, and I trust her.

A Writer Recommends: ‘Falling to Earth’

Kate Southwood has done something remarkable and ruthless by asking over and over in different ways and through a memorable cast of characters: Is it always better to survive?

A Writer Recommends: ‘What Comes Next and How to Like It’

There is enough sadness for five families twice the size of theirs. Because that’s how life is, is what Thomas likes to remind us. Everything happens. One thing after another and then something else, and then another thing that overlaps with another. And you hope that you can live with it. Maybe even learn to like it.

A Writer Recommends: A literary column

When you read “A Writer Recommends,” think of me as that friend who says, “You have to read this.” These will be books I love.

Fizz, boom and read at the Mason Library

"We place a high value on having kids become life-long readers.” -- Mason Library Children’s Librarian Laurie Harrison
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The Edge Is Free To Read.

But Not To Produce.