Artists are being squeezed out of Seattle, how can we keep them? Tracking down Archie’s Capitol Hill home is a little bit like locating platform 9 ¾ to find the Hogwarts Express. The shabby space is behind a locked gate, down a brick alley. It’s home to Archie, a musician in her twenties, and five other musicians and artists. Marcie Sillman
In Golden Age Hollywood, Film Stars Slid Into Each Others' Telegrams The new book Letters from Hollywood offers a peek inside the inner workings of the film industry through 137 communiques from luminaries like Audrey Hepburn, Bette Davis and a very young Jane Fonda. Susan Stamberg
Welcome to the void The year is 1958. A string of disappearances leads intrepid junior reporter Mary Price out to investigate a mysterious tip. When her tape recorder is discovered years later, the story revealed shocks the world. Ayesha Mohammed
Earnest storytelling about living in Cascadia An evening of words and ideas on our relationship to nature and each other John O'Brien
Seattle's creative sector: Foundation of the new economy? Some experts say Seattle’s workforce wasn’t prepared for the high-paying jobs that came with Amazon and other big tech companies in the city. They say that paved the way for an influx of thousands of outside workers; they claimed to claim those job, driving up the cost of living and driving out many service sector workers…and artists. Marcie Sillman
When We Love Our Food So Much That It Goes Extinct A new book explores how overhunting and habitat destruction has left us with only a fraction of the foods that existed a century ago, and the changes that are needed to preserve our culinary variety. luisa torres
Motherless Children Make Their Own Family In Ann Patchett's 'The Dutch House' Patchett's new novel is a story of paradise lost, dusted with fairy tale. It follows two siblings who bond after their mother leaves the family home — an ornate mansion she always hated. Heller McAlpin
'Fleabag' And 'Game Of Thrones' Win Big At The Emmys Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag and the departing Game of Thrones both came up big Sunday night, as did Chernobyl and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Linda Holmes
Chanel Miller Says 'Know My Name' As She Reflects On Her Assault By Brock Turner At points, it is hard to read Miller's devastating, immersive memoir and breathe at the same time. Miller is an extraordinary writer, with her sharpest moments focusing on her family and their grief. Annalisa Quinn
In Patchett's 'The Dutch House,' Siblings Reckon With Profound Loss NPR's Melissa Block speaks to Ann Patchett about her new novel, "The Dutch House." The author talks about her fascination with family bonds and how she maps her intricate plots.
