February 2, 2010
By Heidi Broadhead at 2:53 pm
Matt Briggs is one of my literary heroes. He can be quietly ruthless and scarily accurate, both in his fictional depictions of Northwest characters and in his criticism on Reading Local Seattle (where he’s the managing editor). At the same time, he is a good book citizen: He truly loves books and the Seattle literary [...] read more →
January 29, 2010
By Heidi Broadhead at 4:58 pm
Tomorrow night, Fantagraphics Bookstore and Gallery is hosting an exhibition and publication party for Newave! The Underground Mini Comix of the 1980s, edited by Michael Dowers, mini comic creator and former publisher of Starhead Comix. For mini comix collectors and for comics fans in general, Newave is a historic publication. It’s the first time this [...] read more →
By Heidi Broadhead at 10:21 am
The first thing that strikes you about the Seattle Repertory Theatre’s current production of Speech and Debate is the room: Flourescent lights, white concrete walls, red stackable chairs, metal trash can. Yep. This is high school. Stephen Karam wrote Speech and Debate when he was 26, and it was first performed at New York’s Roundabout [...] read more →
January 8, 2010
By Heidi Broadhead at 11:07 am
Back in October, a co-worker came in one morning and said he’d been to this crazy reading at the Rendezvous. Not crazy as in wacky, but crazy as in standing room only. The event, it turns out, was part of the Off Hours Reading Series, founded just last winter by UW MFA grad and fiction [...] read more →
By Heidi Broadhead at 11:07 am
Back in October, a co-worker came in one morning and said he’d been to this crazy reading at the Rendezvous. Not crazy as in wacky, but crazy as in standing room only. The event, it turns out, was part of the Off Hours Reading Series, founded just last winter by UW MFA grad and fiction [...] read more →
December 23, 2009
By Heidi Broadhead at 9:15 am
At a recent PubliCola editorial meeting, we played state legislature and brainstormed on possible new tax revenues to solve the state’s $2.6 billion short fall. My idea for generating revenue for the state: A Twilight tax. (Or, to give it a more clandestine name: Sparkle tax. Why is my rental car so expensive? “That’s sparkle [...] read more →
By Heidi Broadhead at 9:15 am
At a recent PubliCola editorial meeting, we played state legislature and brainstormed on possible new tax revenues to solve the state’s $2.6 billion short fall. My idea for generating revenue for the state: A Twilight tax. (Or, to give it a more clandestine name: Sparkle tax. Why is my rental car so expensive? “That’s sparkle [...] read more →
December 11, 2009
By Heidi Broadhead at 4:33 pm
I am a fool. Even though my politics skew pretty far to the left, I’ve always had this belief that I could make capitalism work for me, work for the good. I believed that if I put my dollars in the right places—in the stores of my neighborhood, for example—then those businesses would thrive and [...] read more →
By Heidi Broadhead at 4:33 pm
I am a fool. Even though my politics skew pretty far to the left, I’ve always had this belief that I could make capitalism work for me, work for the good. I believed that if I put my dollars in the right places—in the stores of my neighborhood, for example—then those businesses would thrive and [...] read more →
November 13, 2009
By Heidi Broadhead at 11:27 am
Playboy.com has finally posted their Nabokov exclusive and excerpt of The Original of Laura (Dying is Fun) from their December issue. (And I was relieved to see, after enduring this site’s ubiquitous boobage for the last week watching for this post, that the ads here feature girls tastefully clothed in tank tops.) In addition to [...] read more →
November 12, 2009
By Heidi Broadhead at 12:58 pm
The Sorrento seems to be vying for the position of Seattle’s Algonquin. Last night, they had the Midnight Symposium with Lesley Hazleton (mentioned in yesterday’s PubliCalendar). Tonight, they’re hosting Text/Context, a reading/launch party for 12 books, their mini-bookstore. Guests can order up books from room service. They’ll pick 12 new books every three months, all [...] read more →
November 5, 2009
By Heidi Broadhead at 10:14 am
In 2000, author James McManus took a $4,000 advance from Harper’s magazine to cover (and participate in) the World Series of Poker, back when it was still held at Binion’s Horseshoe in downtown Vegas. He made it all the way to the final table, and his book about playing in that tournament, Positively Fifth Street, [...] read more →
