Arts & Life

Why you shouldn't scroll through 'Train Dreams'

Susan Orlean shares all in her new memoir. Turns out her 'Joyride' revved up in Portland

When Susan Orlean started her now storied writing career in Portland, she had to clarify: Portland, Oregon, not Maine.

Ursula K. Le Guin inspires moody musings with pieces from the late author's blog

The KUOW Book Club is reading "No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters" by Ursula K. Le Guin this month. Here, we get into a couple of items from the first half of the book.

What's the KUOW Book Club reading in November?

The KUOW Book Club is reading "No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters" by Ursula K. Le Guin this month.

Seattle Art Museum exhibit explores France's food identity

France is known for its fine cuisine. A new exhibition at the Seattle Art Museum explores how that came to be.

Horror is bigger than Stephen King. These spooky Seattleites help find the right scare for you

Since it's spooky season, and readers of all sorts may be looking for scares, KUOW's Katie Campbell called up a couple of local literary horror experts to talk about how the genre has evolved and who we should be reading.

Seattle baseball fans are feeling Humpy these days

Humpy Fever has taken over Seattle. Baseball fans are rooting on the Mariners with their new favorite mascot: A life-vest and water-wings-clad salmon who has long been the underdog, er, underfish, of the Salmon Run during the seventh-inning stretch of home games.

The darkest thing about this Seattle thriller? Sexism

The KUOW Book Club is reading Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum's novel "Elita" this month. Here, Katie Campbell gets into the first half of the book.

'We just want to celebrate stories.' Observing Banned Books Week with a Seattle bookseller

Seattle booksellers and librarians are helping people get their hands on banned books.