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Three Seattle Books That Belong on Your Must-Read List
A trio of acclaimed books released this year offer revealing portraits of the city.
By Caroline Craighead December 18, 2017
This article originally appeared in the December 2017 issue of Seattle magazine.
Ghosts of Seattle Past (Chin Music Press, $19.95)
Edited by Jaimee Garbacik, illustrated by Joshua Powell
As development changes the face of Seattle, this anthology of essays, photographs and hand-drawn maps memorializes places that have disappeared.
Love and Other Consolation Prizes (Ballantine Books, $28)
By Jamie Ford
The author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet returns with another novel set in Seattle and inspired by an event at the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition during which a Chinese infant was auctioned off.
Chief Seattle and the Town That Took His Name (Sasquatch, $25.95)
By David M. Buerge
Native American oral histories, newspaper reports and European records are woven together to give the first in-depth account of the life of Suquamish and Duwamish leader, Chief Seattle.
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Book Excerpt: Old White Man Writing
Seattle resident Joshua Gidding examines his own white privilege
In his book, Old White Man Writing, Seattle resident Joshua Gidding attempts to come to terms with his privilege. Gidding grapples with the rapidly changing cultural norms in 21st-century America while examining his own racial biases and prejudices. As Manhattan Book Review notes: “Old White Man Writing is an introspective deep dive into an eventful life…
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Theatre is planning for its 50th birthday next year
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