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We asked our contributors to share the best book they read this month. We’ve got fiction, nonfiction, YA, memoir, and more. Some are old, some are new, and some aren’t even out yet. Enjoy, and please tell us about the highlight of your reading...

Visual Arts The well-attended recent Seattle Art Fair provided a numbered of opportunities to get a glance at work and artists we don’t often see in this region. Bay Area artists such as Ruth Asawa and Hung Liu had a number of works on view. Asawa,...

It’s that time of year when those of us who are depressed by prospect of the end of summer can be comforted by the thought of the approaching winter. It may be irritating when retailers start talking about Christmas earlier every year. But at least...

Back in grade school, I got into the genre of computer games known as “graphic adventures,” narrative experiences — and often quite elaborate ones — through which the player guides the protagonist with points and clicks: games like Maniac Mansion, Space...

There were the times in my life when I didn’t feel connected to my writings. I called these times the dark state. These were times when I decided to be lazy. When I felt as if I had nothing left (or interesting enough, at least) to write about.  These...