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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Getting Ghosted
Kim Fu’s latest novel turns a rain-soaked Pacific Northwest winter into the backdrop for a story about grief and loneliness.
In their latest novel, Seattle-based author Kim Fu gets one thing right about the Pacific Northwest: the rain. Set during a particularly bleak winter, The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts tells the story of Eleanor Fan, an online therapist grappling with the recent loss of her mother, Lele. After Lele’s passing, Eleanor inherits money to put…
Go See Diné Artist Eric-Paul Riege’s Largest Show to Date at the Henry Art Gallery
With a mix of mediums, ojo|-|ólǫ́ examines questions surrounding the authenticity and ownership of Indigenous work.
It’s a phrase that’s been drilled into most of us since we were young children: When you’re visiting a gallery, please, do not touch the art. In many cases, it’s with good reason: the pieces on display are fragile, one-of-a-kind, or historic works that cannot be reproduced. It’s such an ingrained approach to the museum-going…
Rearview Mirror: Ballet’s Saddest Story, New Art in the Sculpture Park, and a Home-Grown Wine Label Promoting Social Justice
Things I did, saw, ate, learned, or read in the past week (or so).
Circular Thinking I am very lucky to live just a 12-minute walk away from Seattle Art Museum’s Olympic Sculpture Park. It’s a regular destination for my weekly walks and, aside from the world-class art, has one of the city’s best views of Puget Sound. Earlier this week, I went on a wet, windy walk and discovered…
Studio Sessions: Gabriel Stromberg
For his current show at studio e gallery, Gabriel Stromberg explores the challenges of working with clay.
Gabriel Stromberg has been a name about town for nearly two decades. As one of the cofounders of design firm Civilization (where he was the creative director and lead designer from 2008 to 2022), Stromberg worked on many award-winning projects, helped produce the wildly popular and always packed Design Lecture Series, and co-created and moderated…