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David Brooks: In‑Person & Online

David Brooks: In‑Person & Online

David Brooks, one of the nation’s leading writers and commentators, delivers a practical, heartfelt guide in How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen. In order to foster deeper connections at home, at work, and throughout our lives, Brooks digs into the essential conversations and questions of any community…

SAL Presents Mary Beard

SAL Presents Mary Beard

In-person and Online In her international bestseller SPQR, Mary Beard told the thousand-year story of ancient Rome. Now she shines her spotlight on the emperors who ruled the Roman empire, from Julius Caesar (assassinated 44 BCE) to Alexander Severus (assassinated 235 CE). Emperor of Rome goes directly to the heart of Roman (and our own)…

A Lifetime of Writing: A Conversation with International Bestselling Author John Irving

A Lifetime of Writing: A Conversation with International Bestselling Author John Irving

You are in for a treat when you join us for an intimate conversation with John Irving as he chats about not only his most recent novel, The Last Chairlift, but also about his prolific body of work and a lifetime spent writing. Irving’s first novel was published when he was just twenty-six years old….

Virtual Meet the Author: Lola Akinmade Åkerström, "In Every Mirror She's Black"

Virtual Meet the Author: Lola Akinmade Åkerström, “In Every Mirror She’s Black”

Three Black women are linked in unexpected ways to the same influential white man in Stockholm as they build their new lives in the most open society run by the most private people. Successful marketing executive Kemi Adeyemi is lured from the U.S. to Sweden by Jonny von Lundin, CEO of the nation’s largest marketing…

With His New Novel, Matthew Amster-Burton Trades Food for Music

With His New Novel, Matthew Amster-Burton Trades Food for Music

Matthew Amster-Burton’s switch from mainstream publishing to Kickstarter got him a best-seller and a movie option

Matthew Amster-Burton’s new novel, Our Secret Better Lives, returns readers to the grunge era, focusing on Northwest kids stuck in Los Angeles while the whole world is going crazy over Pearl Jam. A former Seattle magazine contributor, Amster-Burton is known for his culinary writing and Spilled Milk podcast with Orangette’s Molly Wizenberg. His Pretty Good…

University of Washington Books: A Press for Success

University of Washington Books: A Press for Success

A literary star gives the 97-year-old University of Washington Press a new lease on life

Nicole Mitchell with some of her favorite books; she’s also launching UW Press’s first multimedia project, an indigenous-studies digital publishing program with audio and video components

Seattle Author Jonathan Rosenblum on the Struggle for a $15 Minimum Wage

Seattle Author Jonathan Rosenblum on the Struggle for a $15 Minimum Wage

A local union organizer and writer talks about his new book and the need for a revitalized labor movement

Author Jonathan Rosenblum

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