When Jennifer Meyer looks into her jewelry box, she sees more than gold bracelets or diamond earrings.

Jennifer Acker’s “Surrender” is inspired by her upbringing in rural Maine, the cheesemaker who preserved her family’s land ...

"Oooooo, buuuuuuy meeeeeee, ooooooo" —the ghost of that pastel Dutch oven you saw two days ago and can't stop thinking about.