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Tin House print magazine folding
by Paul Constant
Bookstore forgets to sell books
by Paul Constant
Tickets for Michelle Obama's Tacoma Dome reading go on sale this week
by Paul Constant
Company that has devices with cameras and microphones in many households is “the company that Americans love the most”
by Paul Constant
Mystery Writers of America withdraws Grand Master award for Linda Fairstein
by Paul Constant
Margaret Atwood says a Handmaid's Tale sequel is on the way
by Paul Constant
The Danish comma and what it carries
by Paul Constant
Follow Seattle City of Lit on Instagram
by Paul Constant
Stan Lee, 1922 - 2018
by Paul Constant
City Arts Magazine is shutting down, effective immediately
by Paul Constant
Interviews
Talking with Madison Books manager James Crossley about opening Seattle's newest bookstore
by Paul Constant
Laura Da' loves the privacy of writing in public
by Paul Constant
"I am offering you a 1,000,000% guarantee that what will transpire at the Neptune tonight will make you feel alive and free."
by Paul Constant
Invented writing systems: Levert Banks and journaling the unfiltered mind
by Martin McClellan
Let an expert bookseller help you give the gift of audiobooks
by Paul Constant
Does book reviewing have a future?
by Paul Constant
How Kim Kent is becoming a Seattle poet
by Paul Constant
Short Run's biggest self-described "fanboy" is ready to help guide the festival into the future
by Paul Constant
Megan Kelso is helping Short Run find the ground between "institution" and "crazy young upstart"
by Paul Constant
Talking with Mita Mahato about Short Run, the "perfect model of a festival"
by Paul Constant
Columns
These are the nonfiction books that moved me the most this year
by Paul Constant
Book News Roundup: The naughty list just keeps growing
by Paul Constant
These are the poetry collections that moved me most in 2018
by Paul Constant
There's something fishy in Plankton
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Your Week in Readings: The best literary events from December 17th - December 23rd
by Paul Constant
These are the novels that moved me most in 2018
by Paul Constant
Literary Event of the Week: Lit Fix
by Paul Constant
The Sunday Post for December 16, 2018
by Dawn McCarra Bass
Whatcha Reading, Paulette Perhach?
by Martin McClellan
The Help Desk: The bad kind of free speech
by Cienna Madrid
Poems
what child is this
by Dujie Tahat
leaving my therapist’s office after a breakthrough
by Dujie Tahat
&
by Dujie Tahat
Timber Scribe
by Laura Da'
Metes and Bounds
by Laura Da'
Centaur Culture
by Laura Da'
Refusal of the Return
by Laura Da'
The Skaters
by Kim Kent
Luck, a Birthday Poem
by Kim Kent
Waiting
by Kim Kent
Some recent reviews
December 04, 2018
Talk about the weather
Paul Constant
writes about
Interpretative Guide to Western-Northwest Weather Forecasts
by Marian Blue
March 27, 2018
72 pages
Provided by publisher
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November 27, 2018
The man show
Paul Constant
writes about
The Sexiest Man Alive
by Amber Nelson
October 01, 2018
72 pages
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November 13, 2018
Accidentally honest
Paul Constant
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The Shame of Losing
by Sarah Cannon
October 01, 2018
264 pages
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