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The Translator Poems of Lena Khalaf Tuffaha
‘Water & Salt’ is a book that spans the globe, from Seattle to Jordan and back again.
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From Madam Damnable’s Hotel to Profanity Hill, a New Guide Walks You Through Seattle History
‘Seattle Walks’ outlines 17 walkable routes that reveal segments of this city’s past.
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Hari Kunzru’s ‘White Tears’ Wittily Takes on American Racism
Will upset folks be able to make it past the title? Find out at the Elliott Bay Book…
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The Fierce Urgency of ‘What We Do Now’
The lastest book in our Post-Trump reading club is a multifarious look at our political situation.
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Robert Lashley Crams Mythology, the Bible, and Dozens of Dead Poets Into a Single Book
“Up South” takes on trauma, anger, and the literary canon without ever feeling showy.
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APRIL Says Goodbye to One Seattle, and Hello to Another
Attendance is mandatory at the very last Authors, Publishers, and Readers of Independent Literature Festival.
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Lit Fix—the Reading Series That Survived
Anything but short-lived, Mia Lipman’s cabaret-style show is celebrating its fourth anniversary.
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Peter Bagge Doesn’t Shy Away From Zora Neale Hurston’s Tough Questions in ‘Fire!!’
A portrait, in black and white.
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Sarah Galvin: Our Funniest Tragedian or Our Most Tragic Comedian?
The poet debuts her third book, ‘Ugly Time,’ at the Gramma Poetry launch party.
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After a Decade’s Wait, Kevin Craft’s Gorgeous Poetry Collection Sees the Light of Day
Craft’s spent most of his time promoting other writers—but his own work deserves the spotlight too.
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Humanity Must Find a New Home in ‘Last Day on Mars’
The sun is about to go supernova and then collapse, rendering our solar system inhospitable.
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An Unconventional Comics Convention
All the free Emerald City Comicon events not happening at Emerald City Comicon.
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Poets Respond to Hip-Hop in Minor Arcana Press’ New Anthology ‘It Was Written’
Suitably, the book’s launch party on Friday at Fred Wildlife Refuge features live hip-hop.
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Maged Zaher’s New Book Is a Biography of Sex, Software, and Worldwide Revolution
The new 15-year-spanning poetry collection reveals the author’s particular personal evolution.
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Hugo House’s Literary Series on ‘Exile’ Is More Relevant to 2017 Than Expected
Angela Flournoy, Megan Kruse, and Phillip B. Williams read on a prescient theme this Friday.
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On the Remarkably Gentle Social Change of ‘This Is How It Always Is’
Seattle author Laurie Frankel’s novel of raising a trans child is a portrait of a happy family like…
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Paul Auster Earns All 900 Pages of His New Novel ‘4 3 2 1’
The literary titan’s latest follows the four parallel lives of a single man.
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The Top 5 Local Books to Look Forward to This Spring
Don’t miss new books from Robert Lashley, Leyna Krow, Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, Jess Thomson and Ghosts of Seattle…
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‘Reading Through It’ Book Club: Rebecca Solnit Explains Things to Me
Our monthly post-election book club is back. This time we’ll be talking about hope.
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‘The Spider and the Fly’ Starts as True Crime and Becomes Something Much Weirder
The first book from The Seattle Times’ Claudia Rowe tells the tale of her serial-killer pen pal.