As we alerted you the other day, author Steven Johnson was in town this week for a flurry of book talks. We caught up with him at Vivace and talked with him a little about his new book, The Invention of Air, but also about the life of Steven Johnson, author. This is the second and final installment. Here's Part One of the interview. more ›

As we alerted you the other day, author Steven Johnson was in town this week for a flurry of book talks; we caught up with him at Vivace--he didn't imbibe, he was already sufficiently caffeinated he said, and in fact we got 45 minutes of talk into our half-hour interview slot--and talked with him a little about his new book, The Invention of Air, but also about the life of Steven Johnson, author. Here's some of that--we'll post more later as we type it up. more ›

Sometimes book readings are news because of the book; sometimes because of the author. With Steven Johnson, you get both. He's in town for a few days on his book tour for The Invention of Air: at Elliott Bay Book Company on Sunday, at 3 p.m.; Town Hall on Monday, 7:30 p.m., and holding court at a "Words & Wine" event at the Pan Pacific Hotel on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. more ›