Cover Photo: Illustration by Sirin Thada for Catapult
Illustration by Sirin Thada for Catapult

The Legacy of Malaga Island and the Limits of Maine’s Progressivism

Once a mixed-race fishing community, the island is now empty, showing the gap between the state’s history and what it professes to be.

Malaga

Uncle Tom’s Cabin Where are you from? And why are you here?

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Bath EnterpriseCasco Bay Breeze

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Bangor Daily News

Of all of this?

Surya is a writer originally from Austin, Texas. She writes a newsletter by the name of That Thing.