Lit Life: Ian McEwan talks androids, consciousness and Alan Turing
Ian McEwan's new novel “Machines Like Me” is a book of ideas, a love story, and a cautionary tale. It’s also frightening, and moving, and...
Mary Ann Gwinn
Through Narcissa Whitman’s story, this Pacific Northwest author asks herself what it means to be a ‘woman of the West’
Narcissa Prentiss Whitman was one of the first white women to cross the Rocky Mountains, and later became one of 13 people killed in the...
Ahead of its 100th anniversary, revisiting the Seattle General Strike and the city’s long legacy of organized labor
The Seattle General Strike lasted six days, with not a single shot fired nor a single striker arrested. A new edition of Robert L. Friedheim's...
Favorite nonfiction from 2018, from Princess Margaret to a Silicon Valley scammer VIEW
2018 brought much to enjoy in the way of nonfiction. Here are seven books that drew in Seattle Times literary critic Mary Ann Gwinn.
Delving into the dark origins of sneaky sprites with ‘Fairies: A Dangerous History’ author Richard Sugg
Fairies? Those gossamer-winged princesses from the golden age of Disney? People are scary enough — what could humans possibly fear from fairies? Richard Sugg’s engrossing...
‘1,000 Books to Read Before You Die’ author James Mustich on what did (and didn’t) make the cut
After 14 years, James Mustich’s “1,000 Books to Read Before You Die” offers 960 pages of essential recommendations. Here’s what he had to say about...
Travel through time with classic fiction VIEW
Present got you down? Cheer up with a story from the past.
New book tells of journey across the ‘other border’ — the 4,000-mile line between the U.S. and Canada
Porter Fox vividly conveys the beauty of a remote, lightly touched place in this account of his journey from the coast of Maine to Blaine’s...