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The Odyssey of Epenow

Years before the first enslaved Africans were brought to North America in 1619, English slavers raided the Vineyard and elsewhere and took their prisoners back across the Atlantic. One Islander managed to return.

Built to Last

Martha’s Vineyard Construction Company celebrates its fiftieth year.

High Over Quitsa

On a hill in Chilmark sits a low-slung house with a view of the world.

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Essays & Humor

From the Editor

A name implies a family: fathers and mothers, sisters and brothers, aunts and uncles. A name implies friends, and perhaps enemies.

By Paul Schneider

"I would say [that my work is] contemporary. You know what you’re looking at; it’s not so abstract that you can’t see what the image is."

Gardens + Landscapes, People

Rebirth of the Pool

Whose idea was it that pools couldn’t be alive? Or that ponds couldn’t be swimming pools? Not Daniel Whiting’s.

By Will Sennott

Wild Things

And Now for the Eel Story...

Is the mysterious American eel, once a major source of food and income on the Island, in danger of disappearing altogether?

By Nelson Sigelman

Architecture + Design

Easy Does It

Clean lines and multiple levels allow an Oak Bluffs home near Sengekontacket Pond to blend in with its surroundings.

By Will Sennott

Eating In

The Big Three

As a farmer, I’ve always been fascinated by the Native American trio of crops known as the three sisters – corn, beans, and squash – and of the wisdom of growing these plants together.

By Susie Middleton