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Category Archives: LISTS
Inside the Story: Immersive and Personal Journalism
Memoir tends to be subjective, while journalistic writing aims at objective treatment of a topic. Then there are those books that combine these strengths, exploring a topic of interest from within, either through the eyes of someone whose experience gives them a revealing perspective, … Continue reading
Posted in BOOKS, History and Biography, LISTS, Nonfiction
Tagged David W., first person, history, journalism, memoir, memoirs, Nonfiction, politics, society
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Spring into Pacific Northwest Food
Never have I ever been so excited for spring! Each sliver of sun has me beaming as blooms burst forth from their winter burrows. And with spring sprung, all I can think about is our delicious PNW food. Now, let’s … Continue reading
Posted in BOOKS, Events, Food and Gardening, LISTS, LOCAL INTEREST, Nonfiction, Northwest Authors
Tagged cookbooks, cooking, csa, farmers markets, localvore, Meadow P., recipes, spring
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Omar El Akkad, author of American War, on reading and the radical act of empathy
Our guest blogger Omar El Akkad has been garnering rave reviews for his powerful, thought-provoking debut novel, American War. Set during the Second American Civil War of 2075, American War lays bare our own fractured cultural and political existence in a dystopian … Continue reading
Posted in BOOKS, Events, LISTS, LOCAL INTEREST
Tagged dystopia, guest blogger, Khaled Khalifa, Mohammed Abdul-Wali, Nightstand Reads, Omar El Akkad, refugees, Sholeh Wolpe, Syria
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20 Essential Seattle Books, Part 5 – Tales of the City
Arriving at our fifth and final post suggesting twenty essential Seattle books, after posts highlighting history, race, place, and Northwest classics, we finish with a handful of novels evocative of our city and its culture. There are several good mystery series set in Seattle, but when a … Continue reading
20 Essential Seattle Books, Part 4: Northwest Classics
For the fourth of our posts suggesting twenty essential books for Seattleites, having focused on history, race and place, we now attempt to suggest some writers whose work best characterizes our “regional literature.” In previous posts we’ve already mentioned Richard Hugo and Sherman … Continue reading
Posted in BOOKS, Fiction, LISTS, LOCAL INTEREST
Tagged Annie Dillard, David W., Ken Kesey, Northwest, Northwest Authors, Raymond Carver, Seattle, Seattle Essentials, Tom Robbins
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Seattle Rep’s DRY POWDER: Beyond the Theater
Seattle Repertory Theatre presents DRY POWDER by Sarah Burgess from March 17 – April 15, 2017. Set in the top echelons of today’s morally-compromised financial sector, this dark comedy explores the uneasy relationship between being good and doing well. Librarians at Seattle Public Library … Continue reading
New book round-up – March 2017
Looking for something new? Here is a selection of books being published in March 2017.
