A couple weeks ago at Seattle Public Library, I interviewed Susanna Ryan, the formerly anonymous cartoonist behind the popular Seattle Walk Report Instagram feed and boo of the same name. What follows are two brief questions and answers from the video, which have been edited for clarity.
How does it feel not being anonymous anymore, now that you've been not anonymous for, I dunno—what, 19 hours?
I think you'll have to maybe check in with me in a week or two. It hasn't really hit me yet. [To audience:] It's just so amazing to me that all of you, living your independent lives, doing your own thing, came out here tonight. It really means a lot to me. So I don't know — I guess we'll see how it goes. I don't anticipate my life changing that drastically. I might get recognized in Trader Joe's and that's okay.
Do you have a good starter walk for people who maybe want to experience Seattle and don't want to walk 30 miles at the start?
You know, I've recently really come to recently enjoy the Chief Sealth Trail in south Seattle. I think it's beautiful. There is never many people around. I don't think that urban walks really appeals to everybody, but the Chiief Sealth Trail, I feel, is a good way to be out, but it's more secluded. I really like that.
For the full interview, watch this Seattle Channel taping of the reading: