You’d think I could tell you what’s going to happen at tonight’s
Hugo Literary Series event, considering that Sherman Alexie,
Michelle Tea, and David Schmader all have close ties to The
Stranger (Alexie and Schmader have weekly columns, Tea is a
sometime contributor), but Alexie’s being very quiet about what
he’s going to read and Tea and Schmader refused to answer the
question on Hugo House’s website. Mysterious. There will also be a
reading by Hugo House New Works Competition winner Ben Blum and
music by Stranger Associate Editor Emeritus Sean Nelson.
(Town Hall Seattle, 1119 Eighth Ave, 322-7030, www.brownpapertickets.com. 7:30
pm, $15 students/seniors, $25 general.)

Christopher Frizzelle was The Stranger's print editor, and first joined the staff in 2003. He was the editor-in-chief from 2007 to 2016, and edited the story by Eli Sanders that won a 2012 Pulitzer...