Nantucket Magazine

The June issue of N Magazine is on stands now, and as we get the first taste of the summer, we feature some of the big names coming to the island this season. Our cover story features The Today Show's Jenna Bush Hager, who headlines the Nantucket Book Festival next month. We also chat with bestselling author Ann Patchett, who will speak at the Book Festival, and Parks & Recreation's Rashida Jones, who will be speaking at the Nantucket Film Festival. For this issue, we also take a look inside the former Surfside Lifesaving Station as it takes on its newest role as the home of Congregation Shirat HaYam. We check out the island's new Adult Baseball League, speak with En Plein Air artists, and hit the water with the fishermen who make up the dwindling fleet of bay scallopers. We also speak with author Andrew Sorkin on the state of the economy, and go dirt biking with Sergio Rondon, one of the dozens of young bikers in a growing island subculture that can be found regularly on the trails by the airport. Find these stories and much more in the latest issue of N Magazine, on stands now.

If it wasn’t for a torn ACL and a broken collarbone, Malik Moore could have become one of the greats in the NBA. “We used to play in the backyard. I would tell my cousin, ‘I’m going to make it. Once I get into college, I’m going to make it,’” said Moore, who now coaches the Cyrus Peirce Middle School boys basketball team on Nantucket.

Moore has always been surrounded by the game of basketball. Growing up in Philadelphia, he cut his teeth in the driveway with friends who later become NBA stars. By his junior year of high school, he started seeing college recruiters in the stands at his games. Before his senior year in the late ’90s, he received an invitation to the New Jersey-based All American Camp, where he played against Kobe Bryant, Tim Thomas, Richard Hamilton and Shaheen Holloway.

Read Malik Moore’s full story and his journey to coaching basketball on Nantucket in the Spring issue of N Magazine.
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At long last, the first N Magazine issue of the year hit the stands today. Our Spring issue, with a cover story on the 50th anniversary of the Daffodil Festival, features interviews with Town Moderator Sarah Alger on her 30th election, Lemon Press owners Darya Afshari Gault and Rachel Afshari on keeping culture alive through Iranian cuisine, and Cyrus Peirce Middle School boys’ basketball coach Malik Moore, on his journey from professional basketball to Nantucket. Find copies of the Winter issue on stands now or online at n-magazine.com.

The saying “No good deed goes unpunished” could have been coined for Efren Peralta. He was working for a business last year that provided employee housing when a coworker was fired. Knowing that his coworker relied on employee housing also, Peralta let him crash at his house for a few nights. When his boss found out, he too was fired, making Peralta homeless.

“Rent is very expensive,” Peralta, born in the Dominican Republic, said through a translator. “You can pay rent and not eat, or eat and not have enough money to pay rent.” Only after five months into his odyssey of homelessness did he find The Warming Place, Nantucket’s free shelter for those without a roof over their heads.

For our Winter issue, contributing writer explores homelessness on Nantucket, including the so-called hidden homeless, or people perennially couch surfing or perhaps living in an unsanctioned, unplumbed dwelling like a cellar. As many as 100 others at any one time fall under the umbrella of what can be termed the literally homeless, spending their nights outdoors or maybe in a car or tent. For both groups, The Warming Place provides shelter.

Read the full story on The Warming Place in the winter issue. Link in bio 🔗
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