Beth Quittman

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• Posted Fiasco: the book to Seattlest
  The Central Library played host last night to a host of concerned citizens and Thomas E. Ricks, author of the best-selling Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq. They put Ricks in the big auditorium for good reason. Fiasco was a #1 New York Times best-seller, finalist for the Pulitzer, winner of the Gelber Prize, etc., etc. Plus it plays to the liberal instincts of Seattle's finest. The room was crammed full of business suits...
• Posted LitCrush: Lisa See to Seattlest
  Lisa See is the author of the megabestselling novel Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, a book that received so many good reviews that we decided not to read it out of pique. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan is a historical novel based on the true story of women in rural China who created and used a secret writing system to communicate with each other. Her new novel, Peony in Love, is about a...
• Posted Everyday Enigmas You Never Noticed Before to Seattlest
  Last night Robert H. Frank, the author of 'The Economic Naturalist' and a professor of Economics from Cornell University, spoke at the University Bookstore about his new book 'The Economic Naturalist: In Search of Explanations for Everyday Enigmas. You may, if you are widely-blog-read, recognize his name from recent excerpts posted to the Freakonomics blog. The Economic Naturalist purports to examine the world's quandries using economic principles by analogy to field biology. The challenge is...
• Posted SF Fans Take Over U-District to Seattlest
  Lois McMaster Bujold is an award-winning science fiction and fantasy author. Her fans filled the top floor of the University Bookstore to overflowing Wednesday night - and a dedicated cadre they are. Bujold was peppered with questions and her answers were sprinkled with so many in-jokes that even though we were wearing our best science fiction themed t-shirt we started to feel a bit out of place. Bujold was in Seattle promoting the publication of...
• Posted Armistead Maupin Is a Man I Made Up to Seattlest
  Armistead Maupin is an anagram of 'Is A Man I Made Up', he tells us, but he claimed to be a real person last night at Elliott Bay last night. Stupid baseball traffic took up all the parking spots near Pioneer Square. We cruised around for half an hour, then finally ditched and paid $5 to park in the Sinking Ship. Too late! The cafe in the basement was already packed to the gills and...