McSweeney's New Fiction at Bumbershoot
This panel was of great interest to me since getting fiction published through McSweeney’s would be a dream come true, so even just hearing this…
Bumbershoot preview: Zak Smith
Artist and author Zak Smith has a fascinating story. To be as inarticulate as possible, his work looks like the band X sounds. His first…
Bumbershoot preview: David Cross
Get over Alvin and the Chipmunks already, he bought a really nice summer home with the money he made off of it...He's a real mench…
The Year of Magical Thinking – now at the Intiman
The last time I was really, really starstruck was in late 2005. I went to the Seattle Public Library to see my favorite living American…
Bumbershoot preview: Vampires and Robots
Just when I was thinkin’ that Pirates and Zombies have gotten enough love lately, this literary panel about Vampires and Robots at Bumbershoot caught my…
Imaginary Interview: Kathleen Flinn
The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry is Seattle author Kathleen Flinn’s brilliant memoir about attending the legendary culinary school Le Cordon Bleu in…
Bumbershoot preview: Seattle Noir
The short story collection Seattle Noir begins and ends with the same crime: poisoning. The crimes and stories here cut through numerous socioeconomic classes and…
Our Noise: The Story Of Merge Records to be released September 22nd
Warning: This is an ecstatic early plug for the upcoming fan-dream book, Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records, the Indie Label that Got Big…
Fantagraphics to host party for Seattle artist Eroyn Franklin on Saturday, August 22
Eroyn Franklin recently won the the indie comics-supporting Xeric award, and has produced a graphic novel. This Saturday, August 22 local alternative comics fans will…
Bumbershoot preview: Stuff White People Like
It was reported that blogger Christian Lander, behind the popular blog "Stuff White People Like" had gotten a $300,000 advance for his book based on…