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With His New Novel, Matthew Amster-Burton Trades Food for Music

With His New Novel, Matthew Amster-Burton Trades Food for Music

Matthew Amster-Burton’s switch from mainstream publishing to Kickstarter got him a best-seller and a movie option

Matthew Amster-Burton’s new novel, Our Secret Better Lives, returns readers to the grunge era, focusing on Northwest kids stuck in Los Angeles while the whole world is going crazy over Pearl Jam. A former Seattle magazine contributor, Amster-Burton is known for his culinary writing and Spilled Milk podcast with Orangette’s Molly Wizenberg. His Pretty Good…

Tim Appelo

University of Washington Books: A Press for Success

University of Washington Books: A Press for Success

A literary star gives the 97-year-old University of Washington Press a new lease on life

Nicole Mitchell with some of her favorite books; she’s also launching UW Press’s first multimedia project, an indigenous-studies digital publishing program with audio and video components

Florangela Davila

Seattle Author Jonathan Rosenblum on the Struggle for a $15 Minimum Wage

Seattle Author Jonathan Rosenblum on the Struggle for a $15 Minimum Wage

A local union organizer and writer talks about his new book and the need for a revitalized labor movement

Author Jonathan Rosenblum

Stephen Strom

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