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Category: Essay
Gritty, Gray and Familiar
“From Tacoma I mine these wounds through writing, determined to illustrate my hometown’s complexity and to add to the intellectual tradition of writers raised in that place.”
Bloom Where You’re Planted
Darryl Crews is an entertainment entrepreneur, producer, booker, talent manager and lifelong Tacoma resident.
Cognizant of the Balance
Asia Tail is a visual artist, curator and an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.
The Vapors
“Tacoma is a writer’s town. It’s true, writers need pen and paper. They also need huge chunks of noodling time, of sequester, a void in which to wander. And just as much we need community.”
Dear Seattle, 16 Warnings from Tacoma before You Pack Your Bags
Are you considering a move to Tacoma? If so, you are on notice. There is no such thing as “gentrification done right.”
How Scarlett Johansson’s New Role Encourages Trans Erasure
The backlash from the trans community was immediate—and the backlash to the backlash was just as predictable.
The Collected Works of My Great-Grandfather
Travis Vogt on finding universal value in personal history.
APRIL’s Swan Song
Sarah Galvin reflects on the literary festival’s remarkable seven-year run and last hurrah.
To Strike or Not To Strike
On artists being political in 2017.
An Ode to Scarecrow Video
A former employee waxes poetic about 10 years at the famed video store.
The Year in Listening
2016 was a good year to wake up and tune in.