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Every writer needs a healthy diversion…
… mine is slopping together amateur videos, like this one of my sons and their friend during a trip to Portland: And here’s one my son Leo filmed and edited himself. He even “wrote” the music (in GarageBand):
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My interview with National Book Award winner, Colum McCann
When Colum McCann won the National Book Award last week, for his wonderful novel, “Let the Great World Spin,” he became the first Irish author to win the award (and dedicated it to his fellow Irish-American, Frank McCourt, who recently … Continue reading
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Favorite (& best) libraries: New York + Seattle
Like most non-fiction writers, I’ve spent untold hours in libraries and archives all over the country. I love these places, homes to the printed words that help bring my subjects to life – old court cases, manuscript collections, century-old books, … Continue reading
Ten work-habit tips from a dead crime writer (Ross Macdonald)
During a recent road trip from Seattle through Idaho, Montana and North Dakota (and back), I had the chance to read a few books and writers who’ve long been on my list, including recent works by Walter Mosley and Laura … Continue reading
Interview with Seattle author-blogger Molly Wizenberg of Orangette
After reading about her in Sunset magazine earlier this year, I heard Wizenberg speak at the University of Washington (where I happened to be visiting a panel called “Journalism on the Brink” – see my May 11 post). She was … Continue reading
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On author Jim Harrison’s memoir, “Off to the Side”
I came across Harrison’s 2002 memoir at Powell’s Books during a recent trip to Portland, just before dropping my two sons off at a weeklong, late-summer skateboarding camp. Two-thirds of the way through the book, Harrison quotes William Faulker’s advise … Continue reading
Journalism on the Brink? Probably…
But the brink of what? A couple months ago I sat in on a panel discussion at the University of Washington, where Seattle-area journalists, bloggers, and academics wrestled with the question that grows more complicated and harder to answer by … Continue reading
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More newspaper woes
Last week, the family and I visited San Francisco for spring break, in keeping with our practice of visiting cities for vacation. (Last year: Philly) I had been invited to give a talk to the Sonoma County Historical Society, an … Continue reading
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Death of a newspaper
As a pre-launch to this blog, it seemed an appropriate inaugural post to comment on last week’s closing of the print edition of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, which will now become the largest daily newspaper in America to be available only … Continue reading
