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Nov 25
1:08 PM
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Music
Nov 22
9:45 AM
The Antidote to Soulless Capitalism
Hex Enduction Celebrates Five Years as a Seattle Cultural Empire
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Books
Oct 8
11:37 AM
Mom, I Do Porn
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Books
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1:15 PM
Dance to Save the Planet
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Magical Thinking in Mexico City
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Art and Performance Fall 2024
Sep 30
11:23 AM
Person of Interest: Tyler Thrasher
The Guy Who Grows Crystals on Dead Things
Megan Seling
Art and Performance Fall 2024
Sep 26
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Writing the Ship
How Nonfiction for No Reason Is Helping Seattle’s Literary Scene Stay Afloat
Adam Willems
Art and Performance Fall 2024
Sep 24
1:00 PM
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Megan Seling
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Art and Performance Fall 2024
Sep 20
8:00 AM
Look Out, Artists! We’re Gonna Dump Some Money on Your Asses!
The Stranger
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&
Megan Seling
Books
Aug 2
9:50 AM
Stop Sanctifying James Baldwin
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Robert Lashley
Summer Issue 2024
Jul 23
10:00 AM
Octavia Butler Saw Our Doom
Parable of the Sower
Is the Opposite of a Light Summer Read, but You Need to Read it This Summer Anyway
Charles Mudede
Books
Jul 16
4:47 PM
Into the Soil
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Adam Willems
Books
Jul 3
12:35 PM
Octavia Butler Didn't Predict the Domination of the Supreme Court
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Charles Mudede
Books
Jun 13
12:10 PM
I Saw Little Saigon’s Fire Through Octavia Butler’s Eyes
And It Was Frightful
Charles Mudede
Queer Issue 2024
Jun 5
4:00 AM
The Books of Love
Charlie’s Queer Books Is a Welcoming Space for Seattle’s LGBTQ+ Lit Nerds
Lindsey Anderson
Books
May 20
10:36 AM
Pressing On
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Josh Fomon
Death
May 3
4:37 PM
Seattle-Based Author Lesley Hazelton Says Goodbye to the World
I Will Miss Her Terribly
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