Martha's Vineyard Magazine

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Fifteenth Annual Photography Contest

A decade and a half into this contest, we know two things to be true: this Island sure is pretty, and, boy, do our readers know how to capture it.

High Hopes

Amid a national and local mental health crisis, ketamine therapy has emerged as a promising, albeit under-researched, new treatment for severe depression. One clinic on-Island is exploring its healing potential.

John Ivory’s Last Command

A former mariner turned folk artist, Captain John Ivory spent the final decades of his life memorializing his “beloved and despised” voyages.

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Essays & Humor

From the Editor

When the breakneck pace of summer yields and the center of the universe recedes from our doorstep, the Vineyard grows small, its citizens draw close, and its woes and worries and simple joys grow loud.

By Vanessa Czarnecki

"The trouble is people want a guarantee, and a guarantee is not what life offers."