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The author heard heckling when he gave a graduation address at his alma mater, Roosevelt High. It was a good speech.
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The author heard heckling when he gave a graduation address at his alma mater, Roosevelt High. It was a good speech.
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Warm weather to-do list for cash-strapped culture cravers: Alt-country's JD McPherson at the Mural, Superbad in Fremont, BrasilFest, farmers markets . . . all fresco.
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Book City: Miller has been an institution in the Seattle book business for 35 years. His picks for the best of the best in design, architecture and good reading.
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Weekend listings for the budget-conscious culture lover.
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Plants, that is. The northwest gardening maven's favorite books for beginner gardeners and seasoned green thumbs.
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The governor says another legislative special session is likely. Could this Washington be headed for its own sequester?
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Weekend listings for the budget-conscious culture lover.
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The host of PBS' "Well Read" needs two nightstands to hold all of his books. His most interesting author interactions and the tomes he recommends you read next.
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Councilmember Nick Licata reviews the cabbie-turned-activist's tart account of his efforts to expand the monorail.
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The UK-transplant is an award-winning author, but what does it take to get her to keep turning the pages?
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The best-selling author on his books, keeping other authors' voices out of his head and what he likes to read when he's not writing.
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The HistoryLink staff historian is consumed with the idea of time and how Piggle Wiggle creator Betty McDonald was so prolific.
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What the storyteller learned from tripping over journalistic rules. And what journalism could learn from his art.
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Woodland Park Zoo president Deborah Jensen's got a stack of books you should read on conservation and ecology.
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The journalist and author on the river and the writing.
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The Seattle author's new book produces a protest: too much repetition, too many straw men, too much "righteous rage, self-congratulation, and derision" to be effective, even if he is right.
From today on and throughout the summer, the Seattle Public Library combines two things Seattleites love in their new program: libraries and bikes.
Many, like Seattle's, now think of themselves as shells that can adapt rapidly to changing demands. Inspiring places to read books they are not so much anymore.
Prison gave her a lot of time to read. One book that influenced here was Marilynne Robinson's "Housekeeping," which taught her about loneliness and alienation.