Tag: Books
Former Apple pitchman and Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman first made waves in the literary world in 2005 with the release of The Areas of My Expertise, a handy little book of Complete World Knowledge comprised of fascinating trivia and “facts” completely made up by its author. Hodgman then solidified his grasp
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Posted: December 1st, 2011 under Take 21.
Tags: An Evening With, Books, John Hodgman
This week the Zone goes to eleven, as Ben Verellen talks about his high-end amplifiers and The Moondoggies shake the studio foundations. Plus, Nancy paws through the gorgeous jewels at Pariscope Studios, looks through Robert Wade’s viewfinder as he documents the Seattle art scene, and takes to the couch with Phyllis Fletcher
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Posted: November 11th, 2011 under Art Zine, City Of Music, Take 21.
Tags: Art Zone, Books, Fine Arts, Music
In the latest episode of Book Lust with Nancy Pearl, premiering tonight at 5 p.m., Nancy interviews Edmund de Waal. De Waal's The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Family's Century of Art and Loss describes, in transfixing yet understated prose, the fate of his family and their collection of netsuke from the end
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Posted: October 13th, 2011 under Take 21.
Tags: Book Lust, Books, Nancy Pearl
Filmed in an appearance at the Museum of History and Industry, best-selling thriller authors Steve Berry & James Rollins share stories about writing and publishing, their new novels and quietly adding each other’s characters into their own books. Steve Berry is the bestselling author of the Cotton Malone series including The Jefferson
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Posted: September 12th, 2011 under Art Zine, Literary, Take 21.
Tags: An Evening With, Books
Tatjana Soli’s debut novel, The Lotus Eaters, was a New York Times bestseller, 2010 New York Times Notable Book and LA Times Book Award Finalist. Set in the final days of the Vietnam War, The Lotus Eaters unfolds the story of three remarkable photographers brought together under the impossible umbrella of the war.
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Posted: September 9th, 2011 under Art Zine, Literary, Take 21.
Tags: Book Lust, Books, Nancy Pearl
Before author Richard LeMieux became homeless, he was a successful journalist and publisher. LeMieux was Sports Director of WCOM Radio and a sportswriter for 17 years at the Springfield Sun newspaper in Ohio. In 1981, LeMieux moved to Washington State where he ran his own publishing company, producing medical directories and university
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Posted: August 19th, 2011 under Art Zine, City Issues, Housing and Human Services, Literary, Take 21.
Tags: American Podium, Books
This week, two of our SEATTLE CHANNEL hosts, Art Zone's Nancy Guppy and Book Lust's Nancy Pearl, received much deserved recognition for their excellence! First, City Arts' put Ms. Guppy on their list of Seattle's top Culture Makers, writing "A passionate art lover who has been performing since the mid-’80s, Guppy now
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Posted: January 7th, 2011 under Art Zine, Literary, Take 21.
Tags: Art Zone, Book Lust, Books, Nancy Guppy
In the latest episode of Book Lust, America's favorite librarian Nancy Pearl interviews National Book Award winner Charles Johnson. He is author of 16 books--novels, short-story collections, literary criticism and philosphy. Johnson received the 1990 National Book Award (fiction) for the novel, Middle Passage. In 1998, he received a John D. and Catherine T.
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Posted: November 10th, 2010 under Art Zine, Literary, Take 21.
Tags: Book Lust, Books, Nancy Pearl
On Saturday, September 4, 5:00 p.m., SEATTLE CHANNEL, Cable 21, Eric Volz tells how he was sentenced to a 30-year prison term in Nicaragua for a murder he didn't commit. In 2004, Volz moved to Nicaragua and launched EP Magazine, a successful, bi-lingual publication focusing on conscious living, cross-cultural understanding and sustainable
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Posted: September 3rd, 2010 under Literary, Public Safety, Take 21.
Tags: Books
I am cutting and pasting again. I mean, with real scissors and paper. I was writing a story that started with a single, clear through-line, but by the time I had generated 15 pages it had become a mass of pages with, um, not so many paragraph breaks...
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Posted: June 18th, 2009 under Art Zine, Literary, Take 21.
Tags: Books, Lyall Bush
