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Mentally Projected

What to see in Hopper paintings you already know too well.

John Updike at Benaroya Last Night, Exactly As It Happened

[The rustling of silk scarves and the murmur of sophisticated conversation dies down as the lights darken.] Seattle Arts and Lectures Woman (in monotone): I'd like to set the tone for the evening by reciting some pious generalizations about literature and truth. [Does so] Now please welcome Da ... More >>

John Updike

[The rustling of silk scarves and the murmur of sophisticated conversation dies down as the lights darken.] Seattle Arts and Lectures Woman (in monotone): I'd like to set the tone for the evening by reciting some pious generalizations about literature and truth. [Does so] Now please welcome Da ... More >>

How to Enjoy Fall Arts

Our master events calendar: what to do, practically every night, from now to the end of the year.

Rambo: Sly Stallone as National Icon

Our master events calendar: what to do, practically every night, from now to the end of the year.

Twilight of the Gods?

Off his game, but we hope not out of the competition, Philip Roth can't sustain the premise of his audacious historical rewrite.

Desert Islands and Defiant Barflies

Every comic situation is represented in this massive cartoon anthology—and then some.

Buckfest

In its ninth year, Bookfest finally has to start charging admission. So what will your $10 get you besides paper cuts?

This Week's Reads

Jhumpa Lahiri, David Guterson, Dan Kennedy, and Nell Freudenberger.

Sherman Alexie, Peacenik

The noted artist shares his thoughts on peace, poetry, and Dubya's literacy gap.

Fist Fite

The noted artist shares his thoughts on peace, poetry, and Dubya's literacy gap.

Your friends and neighbors

More dysfunction viewed through an unforgiving lens.

Cackling in Tongues

In a new humor anthology, the wordplay's the thing.

Best Efforts

A survey of some woefully incomplete literary collections.

The power and the Ignominy

Ernest and Elwyn are at it again.

Books Quarterly: Liar! Swine! Pervert! And Other Terms of Endearment

This season's literary brawls extend a proud tradition.

From LA to SLA

This season's literary brawls extend a proud tradition.