Paul Auster celebrates the precocious, abbreviated life and work of Stephen Crane 'Crane is now in the hands of the specialists, while the invisible army of so-called general readers, the same people who still take pleasure in reading old standbys such as Melville and Whitman, are no longer reading Crane.’ John O'Brien
What are we willing to do to protect Southern Resident orcas? What it will take to share this region with Qw'e lh'ol mechen, ‘the people that live under the sea’ John O'Brien
Secret Seattle matinee and nerdy bookclub: arts picks ‘I think it's really cool because you have the kind of nerdy book club vibe of people who have read the same book as you, but you get to see people's interpretations of that novel in a whole different form.’ Kim Malcolm
Trans history and one man’s struggle to correct ‘a ghastly mistake’ ‘Dr E. Forbes-Sempill henceforth wishes to be known as Dr Ewan Forbes-Sempill’ John O'Brien
Anita Hill on her mission to end gender violence and harassment ‘We know it’s a cultural problem. We know it’s a behavioral problem. But it’s not a problem of a few bad apples.’ – Professor Anita Hill John O'Brien
Called to investigate, three authors reflect on the body ‘I’m still surprised when I’m noticed. I came to believe I was invisible.’ Kendra Hanna
The how and why of Elsa Sjunneson’s fight to end ableism ‘I think sometimes that we are a little bit like ghosts. We’re haunting the world because it’s not entirely ours and we scare people.’ John O'Brien
Where a former gun industry executive draws the line on gun culture sustainability ‘I had my son attacked by one of these people and thought, what in the holy hell? How did we get here? It’s this weird mix of strange machismo patriotism, wrapped in a flag, sort of near a bible.’ John O'Brien
Rep. Adam Schiff chronicles his search for small-d democratic sanity during the Trump presidency ‘Most people got to know me over the last four years and have one impression of me as this ardent partisan. Prior to Trump, most of the criticism I got was for working too much across the aisle, and I don’t consider myself a partisan.’ John O'Brien
A man, a plan, a sex advice column, 'Savage Love A-Z' Dan Savage celebrates and reflects as Savage Love turns 30 John O'Brien
