AltWeeklies Wire
Screen Shotsnew
Artist "Show-n-tell" collects the mostly anonymous webcam photos and chat-room transcripts she gathered by contacting lonely souls in this book.
Seattle Weekly |
Heather Logue and Rachel Shimp |
03-08-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Show-n-tell, webAffairs
Crescent Over Puget Soundnew
Ferrigno's alternative-history novel is set in 2040 Seattle, now the capital of the Islamic Republic.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
03-01-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The Hidden Home-Front Experiencenew
Henderson's book follows two newlywed Army wives through the course of their husbands' deployments.
Seattle Weekly |
Sara Niegowski |
03-01-2006 |
Nonfiction
Confessions of a Food Addictnew
Leith's food-addiction odyssey is a kaleidoscopic view of a topic that's both complex and simple.
Seattle Weekly |
Neal Schindler |
02-22-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: The Hungry Years, William Leith
Throwing Bombsnew
Spiotta's second novel describes the radical culture of Northwest political activism from the inside.
Seattle Weekly |
Ross Simonini |
02-22-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Dana Spiotta, Eat the Document
Polymathically Perversenew
Jonathan Ames finds pleasure in any subject and every quarter -- including his own ass.
Seattle Weekly |
John Dicker |
02-08-2006 |
Nonfiction
Bibliophilianew
Here's the lowdown on this year's crop of Valentine's Day books and whether they're worth your time.
Seattle Weekly |
Kellie Hwang |
02-08-2006 |
Books
Tongue-Twister Disguised as a Novelnew
Niederhoffer uses baseball metaphors and twin cliches to slowly tease out the process of natural selection.
Seattle Weekly |
Laura Cassidy |
02-01-2006 |
Fiction
Pooh on Younew
Winnie-the-Pooh has become a lifetime experience, thanks largely to the totalitarian efforts of Disney, which bought the marketing rights for a pittance.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
11-25-2005 |
Books
Tags: giftguide2005
Stateless in Seattlenew
Jonathan Raban, a cranky, globe-trotting Englishman, sailed into town and became the premier chronicler of life and thought in the Northwest.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
11-16-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The Worst-Case Best Sellernew
Disaster lit has become a perfect storm for the publishing industry. Smell a hurricane coming? Grab your pen and notebook.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
10-12-2005 |
Books
No Great Shakesnew
Science, drama, travelogue -- there's a jumble of themes in this quake book that would be more solid told separately.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
10-12-2005 |
Nonfiction
Master of Disasternew
Earthquakes aren't the only unmet natural crises this British author sees for America.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
10-12-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Sleep With Menew
Because Neil Strauss drags The Game out to 437 pages, the book morphs into a grating, narcissistic Fight Club knockoff in which the author clumsily elevates his role from supporting playa to a sexual superstar.
Seattle Weekly |
Mike Seely |
10-07-2005 |
Nonfiction
A Woman at Warnew
A former military-intelligence sergeant of the 101st Airborne Division writes of her year in Iraq.
Seattle Weekly |
Laura Cassidy |
10-05-2005 |
Nonfiction
