List of back issues and books from Salt.

List of back issues and books from Salt.

Some kids just aren’t built for school. At least, that’s what we say when schools aren’t built for all kids. Max is a 16-year-old lobster fisherman and a junior at Sumner Memorial High School in Sullivan, Maine. He’s working to balance school and work with the help of an alternative education program at his school.

The April 1976 issue of Salt Magazine features stories on rum running, ice fishing, and making soap.

The June 1980 issue of Salt Magazine features stories on clam digging, fishing, and life as a travelling performer.

Ella Richardson captures images of the lobster industry.

In Portland, the sea urchin industry represents an opportunity for individuals of all backgrounds to have a job working on the waterfront. Joan Amory explores how lucrative this business is for individuals in Portland.

Back cover for Maine: A Peopled Landscape.

Within one of his lobster traps, Larence Seavey once caught a mitten. Seavey recounts his story about finding the mitten.

A man with many stories, Wilfred Grendell shares a story about collecting rocks. John Nest documents how Grendell uses his rocks to build things around his home.

James C. Curtis writes on the documentary tradition, comparing the work of Salt and the Farm Security Administration in Maine.

Melissa Chen, a Taiwanese-American therapist living in Portland, ME, faces her first winter without her mother, navigating a complex grieving process that is both liberating and painful.