Matt Briggs
This is a copy of my presentation in what was called The Regional Wrangle where I argued for a Pacific Northwest regional identity against Lyall Bush, who was on the con side. This happened at Richard Hugo House June 2004. Christopher Frizzelle wrote about it his Nightstand column shortly afterward. (Frizzelle said I lost.) The […]
I often stumble into a new part of Seattle. The smell of freshly poured concrete and sprayed paint creates a sensation like vertigo, like standing on top of the Aurora Bridge, staring down into the ship canal and realizing I’m standing on a shell of asphalt and concrete and steel wrapping the wind and current […]
A while ago I was talking to a couple of writers about how much I enjoyed this book called After Nirvana by Lee Williamsabout homeless kids working their way up and down I-5, a book I think of as being about the actual place we all live rather than the mystical pioneer stuff being foisted […]
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