literature
Local Wine Club Pairs Books and Bottles
Book Cru, based out of Molly's Bottle Shop in Sunset Hill, combines thoughtful drinking and indulgent reading
This article appears in print in the May 2020 issue. Click here to subscribe. If book clubs are a reason for reading and drinking together, Book Cru is a full-fledged call to action. The monthly pairing program ($50, nonmembers $60) offers curated book and bottle combinations along with discussion groups based out of Molly’s Bottle Shop in Ballard….
How Thomas Pynchon Turned Seattle Into Nazi Germany
Here’s big news for literature buffs: Gravity’s Rainbow, the masterpiece by Thomas Pynchon, Seattle’s most-honored and influential writer, turns out to be a savage act of vengeance against our town, inspired by our 1962 Century 21 Exhibition. “Seattle World’s Fair scenes have been exaggerated, parodied, remixed,” writes University of British Columbia scholar Jeffrey Severs in…
Why Indie Bookstores in Seattle are Thriving
Amazon’s incursion into brick-and-mortar territory could have independent bookstores shaking with fear—again. Instead, they’re not just surviving in Seattle, they’re thriving
A cafe at Ravenna’s Third Place Books invites patrons to sit down and read for awhile
Author Maria Semple Names Seattle Spots in Her Latest Book
Location, location, location
In Seattle-based writer Maria Semple’s latest book, Today Will Be Different (Little, Brown and Company, $27) desperate housewife and former animator Eleanor Flood races around Seattle one day (see map) trying to make sense of everything that seems to matter in her life. Much like her last book, Where’d You Go, Bernadette, Semple incorporates city…
Sasquatch Books: Raising the Region’s Literary Bar for Decades
Local publisher helps shape Seattle's literary scene
Seattle has long been known as a book lover’s haven, and Sasquatch Books, a venerated local publishing company, has played a major role in helping to mold and shape the city’s lit life. For three decades, Sasquatch has been introducing new and unique titles to the region’s (and lately, the nation’s) readers, while cultivating some…
Beloved Ask the Oracle Literary Event Goes to Bumbershoot
Literary answers to life’s pressing questions
For 20 years, Seattle’s Hugo House has served as an urban writer’s retreat at its Capitol Hill location across from Cal Anderson Park, sponsoring and hosting a wide variety of events, residencies and services for readers and writers alike. And while the institution is admired throughout the nation for its rich and innovative programming, its…
Power Hour: How to Take Advantage of Your Lunch Break
Make a lunch date with these fun activities
Put down your fork and step away from that sad desk salad. According to a study by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, more than 60 percent of us are dining “al desko” on a regular basis. Seattleites, we are here to tell you there’s a better way. Grab that container of last night’s leftovers…
Author Appearances at Seattle Public Library’s Book Club
It’s time for the next chapter in Seattle’s citywide reading group
Seattle Public Library’s annual citywide book club, Seattle Reads, takes place this month. Each year, the library selects one novel, orders hundreds of copies, and invites individual readers and book groups all over the city to engage with literature and fellow bookworms through discussion groups attended by the author. This year’s book, We Are All…
Writer Adrianne Harun on Her New Novel ‘A Man Came Out of a Door in the Mountain’
Adrianne Harun’s haunting new novel portrays a hard-luck town along a Pacific Northwest highway
For the past 45 years, young women—mostly First Nations—have disappeared along Highway 16 in British Columbia. Some were found murdered, others were never seen again. This tragic road, called the Highway of Tears, is the inspiration for Port Townsend writer Adrianne Harun’s hypnotic new novel, A Man Came Out of a Door in the Mountain…
Writer Kim Fu Discusses Her Debut Novel ‘For Today I Am A Boy’
Belltown-based writer Kim Fu makes her debut with a gripping, insightful novel
Kim Fu, 26, grew up in Canada as the only writer in a family of scientists and engineers. Perhaps that experience is what enabled her to so vividly capture the feeling of being an outsider in one’s own family in her powerful, timely debut novel, For Today I Am a Boy (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; $23)….
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