Back in February, a group of volunteer tutors from 826 Seattle walked into John Marshall Alternative School and asked students to write about change. After six weeks of intensive one-on-one tutoring, they left with a book’s worth. And it was with much celebration that students, tutors, friends and family filled Marshall’s auditorium Tuesday night to launch "Burning the Past," the latest collection of essays from this incredible collaboration. Festivities were brief but appropriate. 826......

826 Seattle, the nonprofit writing and tutoring center affiliated with McSweeney's founder Dave Eggers, will open this fall at 8414 Greenwood Avenue North. The organization chose Greenwood, one of the few North Seattle neighborhoods where you will see the occassional non-white person, because it's got foot traffic and is easily accessible by bus. It's also near three high schools (Ballard, Ingraham and Blanchet) and more than a dozen elementary and middle schools. Each national 826......