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“NO
PROSE ANTHOLOGY, in my view, could be more helpful—to immigrants
or lifelong residents—in delivering Seattle’s relatively recent
but startlingly rich history and diverse literary voices than
the volume you presently hold in
your hands. For those unable to live in or visit this
ever-surprising city, Reading Seattle may just be the next
best thing.” —CHARLES JOHNSON
from the Foreword to Reading Seattle
“NO MATTER WHAT YOUR
TASTES ARE, the anthology provides a fascinating sense of
listening in on the mind of the city, humming away over the
decades and coming up with myriad harmonies and discords
distinctively its own.”
—THE
SEATTLE TIMES
“THE IDEA IS SUCH A NATURAL that the
surprise is that no one has done it before. But thanks to
editors Peter Donahue and John Trombold, Seattle now has a
literary anthology to call its own. Reading Seattle: The City
in Prose is a fascinating compilation of this city as viewed
through
writers' eyes.” —THE
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
“READING SEATTLE . . . is a book about grey skies and
rain-slicked city streets, a collection that recalls Seattle’s
rough, pioneer beginnings and then dispels them with selections
about the city’s
now more urban, even trend-setting characteristics.” —PACIFIC
NORTHWEST QUARTERLY
“READING SEATTLE
brings together voices young and old, native and immigrant,
black, white, Asian, and Native American, aged and
contemporary—each with its own take on the city . . . The
anthology never
fails to provide us with a kaleidoscopic view of Seattle’s
infinite permutations, and it shouldn’t be missed by those
interested in the city’s past, present, and future.”—THE RAVEN CHRONICLES
READING SEATTLE
represents a solid and timely anthology.” —WESTERN AMERICAN
LITERATURE
“A DELICIOUSLY DIVERSE
group of writers and pioneering intellects . . . contribute
their words to this insightful and entertaining collection” —WHATCOM WATCH
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