Books

Bearing pain - and new life - 'Like a Mother'

When Seattle writer Angela Garbes first became a mom, she wrote a piece on breastfeeding that went viral. It remains the most-read article The Stranger...

Science

Take psychedelics (not too many), change your mind

Perhaps it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the author of “The Botany of Desire” chose to experiment with and write about psychedelic drugs. They are edible after all. Still, like many people, Michael Pollan wasn’t exactly keen to fool around with mind-altering experiences.

From refugee to celebrated storyteller: Viet Thanh Nguyen’s American journey

Viet Thanh Nguyen is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author. He was awarded that honor in 2016 for his debut novel “The Sympathizer.” Then he received a...

Author Leslie Jamison distills recovery from ‘the whiskey-and-ink mythology’

On her website, Leslie Jamison writes: “I've worked as a baker, an office temp, an innkeeper, a tutor, and a medical actor. Every one of these was a...

Health

Author Leslie Jamison distills recovery from ‘the whiskey-and-ink mythology’

On her website, Leslie Jamison writes: “I've worked as a baker, an office temp, an innkeeper, a tutor, and a medical actor. Every one of these was a world; they're still in me.” On her way through those worlds, Jamison dealt with alcohol addiction. She tracked that experience — from inception to recovery — in her new memoir “The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath.”

Tech companies are committing 'crimes against logic,' says former Greek finance minister

'If you can't explain the economy in a language young people can understand, you are clueless yourself.' So says former Greek finance minister Yanis...

Let's talk about grief: beginners welcome

How are you? If you’ve lost a loved one, that may have conjured up memories of a heavy hand on your shoulder, a precisely angled head tilt, a Hallmark...

Alexander Chee’s guide to writing, becoming, love and loss

There’s a thing at talks around Seattle. Often enough, you can feel it when the crowd gets restless if the event goes to a certain length. You can see...

Former FBI agents weigh in on Comey's media tour

Ross Reynolds talks with Kathy Loedler, a 23-year veteran of the FBI and now CEO of the Rampart Group, and Carolyn Woodbury, former supervisory special...

A professor talks about public education in the Trump-DeVos era

If Diane Ravitch were running for office, her opponent might attack her for being "for Common Core before she was against it." Ravitch served as an...