Poetic

Three Poems by Ching-In Chen

The latest in Seattle Met’s poetry series.

06/04/2026 By Ching-In Chen

Otherworldly

How a Dungeon Crawler Took Over the World

One Washington author propelled a self-published novel into a fantasy universe.

05/11/2026 By Eric Olson

Trading Places

A Seattle Author Uncovers a Secret History of World War II

Evelyn Iritani’s Safe Passage shares an untold story of civilian lives and global diplomacy.

03/05/2026 By Eric Olson

Poetic

Two Poems by Abi Pollokoff

The latest in Seattle Met’s poetry series.

07/22/2025 By Abi Pollokoff

Interview

Anne Helen Petersen Has Serious Thoughts on Random Subjects

The Culture Study writer made her own niche covering sorority rush, celebrity gossip, and millennial burnout.

05/06/2025 By Allison Williams Photography by Charity Burggraaf

The Classroom

At Seattle Children’s Hospital, Writing Classes Keep Hope Alive

Ann Teplick has been teaching at the hospital since 2011.

02/17/2025 By Danielle Hayden

Poetic

Pianissimo by Lena Khalaf Tuffaha

The latest entry in Seattle Met’s poetry series.

06/17/2024 By Lena Khalaf Tuffaha

Poetic

Two Poems by Seattle Writer Luther Hughes

The first entries in Seattle Met’s new poetry series.

02/07/2024 By Luther Hughes

Live and Unfiltered

Brooke Jarvis Tells a Firefly Love Story at Pop-Up Magazine

The immersive live experience returns to Seattle for the first time in three years.

11/04/2022 By Sophie Grossman

Serious Business

Jon Mooallem’s New Book Finds Beauty in Being Ugly

In Serious Face, the Bainbridge Island–based writer quietly exalts the imperfection of everything, from the way we handle catastrophes to his own face.

05/20/2022 By Sophie Grossman

Summer Reading

Orcas Island Lit Fest Draws Luminaries from the Puget Sound and Beyond

The San Juans, already a compact creative hotbed, become the epicenter of the region’s flourishing literary scene the first weekend of June.

05/18/2022 By Sophie Grossman

On the Page

Kim Fu Conjures Metaphorical Monsters

In her recent short story collection, the Seattle author employs surrealism to get closer to the truth.

04/29/2022 By Sophie Grossman

Shelf Lives

7 Seattle Books to Read This Fall

From Marcus Harrison Green's essay collection to a history of the 1991 Huskies.

09/15/2021 By Stefan Milne

School of Thought

A Small-Town Schoolhouse Gets New Life as a Creative Arts Center

Artists and writers use vintage classrooms to uncover a new side of Rainier.

07/23/2019 By Allison Williams

What Is Local Talent?

Matthew Amster-Burton Will Be on Jeopardy!

The local food writer goes on the trivia game show April 8.

04/04/2019 By Stefan Milne

Quote Unquote

Claire Dederer Is a Troublemaker

The author dishes on sex and death and middle age.

08/17/2017 By Jessica Voelker

Lit Hits

Hugo House Announces 2017–18 Season

A new season at Hugo House welcomes the "place for writers" back to its revamped Capitol Hill location, along with a local legend, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, and many more.

08/16/2017 By Jaime Archer

A View of Her Own

Meet the Fremont Bridge’s First Writer-in-Residence

Essayist Elissa Washuta worked all summer in the bridge’s 99-year-old tower as its first writer-in-residence, named by the City of Seattle. We caught up with her on her last week perched above the Lake Washington Ship Canal.

11/14/2016 By Allison Williams

Q&A

'Warm Bodies' Writer Isaac Marion on Zombie Love

The Mount Vernon native gets his big break when a film adaptation of his novel hits theaters Friday.

01/30/2013 By Matthew Halverson

140 Characters or fewer

Nosh Pit’s Top Food Tweets of the Week

Meat displayed in meatless mag, the odd brilliance of Alex Sulkin, and anthropomorphizing bananas.

04/15/2011 By Jessica Voelker