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Author of The Ghosts Who Travel with Me, a memoir, and Half-Moon Scar, a novel.
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Tag Archives: Seattle
What’s Best
It’s “best of” season. Best books of the year. Movies. Songs. And because we are approaching 2020, the lists are expanding to cover the entire decade. It’s hard to resist such categorization. I keep a list of books I’ve read … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, Mount St. Helens, Writers, writing
Tagged books, Literature, Mount St. Helens, Seattle, writing
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Ferry Writing
Every Saturday for the last five weeks, I’ve gone to Colman Dock in downtown Seattle and bought a ticket for the Bremerton ferry. Usually, my colleague Avery is there when I arrive, and we chat about department politics and stacks … Continue reading
I took my empty book bag to the writing conference that was here in Seattle recently, and I wandered through the book fair and scooped up free tortilla chips at the receptions and waved at my friends across the crowded … Continue reading
Video of Reading: “The Urge for Going”
My thanks to Jourdan Keith for inviting me to read as part of the Word’s Worth program, which is sponsored by Seattle City Council Member Nick Licata. My reading on April 10, 2013, is the first three minutes of this … Continue reading
Beautyberry
This time of year, the leafless limbs of Callicarpa bodinieri bobble with amethyst berries. The bright clusters are striking in December, when most of the autumn leaves have melted into brown slicks of mush. Any garden flowers that remain — … Continue reading
The Urge for Going
Over thirty years ago I trolled the “Ave” of Seattle’s University District, about a mile from where my family moved when I started eighth grade. At Budget Records, I flipped through bins of bootlegged albums in white sleeves. I still … Continue reading