Hello everyone, and welcome to February. We'll be reading and discussing "One Man's Meat," an iconic work from famed Maine author E.B. White.

The book, now in print for six decades, is a collection of essays stemming from White's columns for Harper's, written after he left New York City to leave on a saltwater farm in Brooklin. It was first published in 1942; in a 1982 introduction that White wrote to the book, he says it was "not a premeditated book, it was an accident."

In this 1942 New York Times article, White said he found it more difficult to write in the country. But the book has always been much-praised. A 1944 New York Times review
(the book was re-issued that year) said of White: "The quality of his writing, which comes out of his habits of observation and meditation, would have been the same. If going to Maine enriched his style, so might have going to sea or driving a New York City taxi."

If you want to learn more about White and Brooklin, you may want to check out this May 2007 article from Bangor Metro.

We also welcome Sarah McGinnis as a guest blogger. Sarah is with Tilbury House, a Gardiner publishing company that published the book.

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