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Zachary Fletcher
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journalist, book reviewer (publishersweekly.com), bookseller, “librarian” (@thestorygraph.com), syracusian/seattleite

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Story of 'The Sacred Stone Camp' highlighted in new children's book
“The Sacred Stone Camp” by Seattle author Rae Rose tells the story of LaDonna BraveBull Allard and the Indigenous resistance against the Dakota Access Pipeline.
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October 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Seattle writer's debut memoir recounts journey of self-discovery
Ito spoke with The Seattle Times about reckoning with her past, the story behind the book's title and complex trauma.
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October 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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wrote my first art book review for PW with BANKSY: PRINTS. this collection brings together the artist's screen prints, many of which first appeared on streets throughout the UK, and dives into the inspiration behind some of Banksy's most iconic works.

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Banksy: Prints by Roberto Campolucci-Bordi, Paul Coldwell
Art collector Campolucci-Bordi debuts with a straightforward study of the printed works of street artist Banksy. Known primarily...
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September 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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WHEN CAESAR WAS KING goes deep into the life of Sid Caesar, a talented comedian who was an early television star and served as an inspiration for future generations of comics.

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When Caesar Was King: How Sid Caesar Reinvented American Comedy by David Margolick
“For many viewers, Caesar was television,” writes The Promise and the Dream author Margolick in this lively biography of comedia...
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September 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Cover image of THE SUMMER BOOK, by Tove Jansson, Translated by Thomas Teal, Introduction by Kathryn Davis AUGUST EVERY year, the bright Scandinavian summer nights fade away without anyones noticing. One evening in August you have an errand outdoors, and all of a sudden it's pitch-black. A great warm, dark silence surrounds the house. It is still summer, but the summer is no longer alive. It has come to a standstill; nothing withers, and fall is not ready to begin. There are no stars yet, just darkness. The can of kerosene is brought up from the cellar and left in the hall, and the flashlight is hung up on its peg beside the door. Not right away, but little by little and incidentally, things begin to shift position in order to follow the progress of the seasons. Day by day, everything moves closer to the house. Sophias father takes in the tent and the water pump. He removes the buoy and attaches the cable to a cork float. The boat is pulled ashore on a cradle, and the dory is hung upside down behind the woodyard. And so fall begins. A few days later, they dig the potatoes and roll the water barrel up against the wall of the house. Buckets and garden tools move in toward the house, ornamental pots disappear, Grandmother's parasol and 164 nor tensitory and attractine Ts tic cuinguisher and the ane stored, appear on the veranda. And ar t want kandrape is tansformed. liked th Gandmother had always logus, mast of all, perhaps, maid a place for everything and e Now was the time for the traces of h and, as far as possible, for the islan aal condition. The exhausted Alo with banks of seaweed. The lon and rinsing. All the flowers still or yellow, strong patches of co the woods were a few enorm somed and lived for one day i Grandmothe's legs ached to the rain, and she could much as she wanted to. Bu every day just before dark, picked up everything tha She gathered nails and bi pieces of lumber covere bottle top. She went where everything bur burn, and all the time and deaner, and mor shaking us off, she th Almost. A (digitally) highlighted passage that reads: “A person can find anything if he takes the time, that is, if he can afford to look. And while he's looking, he's free, and he finds things he never expected.” (p.71)
August 31, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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discovered this piece from @kwistent.bsky.social’s recent (and incredible) post about the true value of book reviews and why they (and books) are more than just ads and products.

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What is book criticism for?
On why thinking of reviews as ads or mere opinions shortchanges literary culture
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August 30, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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In LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA: THE EDUCATION OF AN ARTIST, Daniel Pollack-Pelzner gives the story-behind-the-story of Miranda’s rise to fame. This reads as an affectionate biography of Miranda’s upbringing and explores how his art (Hamilton, Moana etc.) came to life.

www.publishersweekly.com/9781668014707
Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Education of an Artist by Daniel Pollack-Pelzner
In this comprehensive debut biography, Portland State University theater professor Pollack-Pelzner pulls back the curtain on son...
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August 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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EVERY DAY IS SUNDAY goes behind the NFL machine and looks at how it became so profitable -- in both an economic and cultural sense. sundays have never been the same, and Ken Belson shows us why.

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Every Day Is Sunday: How Jerry Jones, Robert Kraft, and Roger Goodell Turned the NFL into a Cultural & Economic Juggernaut by Ken Belson
New York Times reporter Belson (Hello Kitty) offers a candid history of how NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, Dallas Cowboys owner...
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July 31, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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here's my convo with the great Jeff Chang about the book! ->

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Be Like Bruce: PW Talks with Jeff Chang
In Water Mirror Echo (Mariner, Sept.), the journalist tells the story of actor and martial artist Bruce Lee’s rise to fame alongside the cultural history of Asian America.
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July 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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WATER MIRROR ECHO by Jeff Chang is a stunning biography of Bruce Lee as a martial artist, actor, teacher, dancer and so much more. The book also weaves Lee's story with that of Asian American identity in the US. I can't stop talking about this one.

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Water Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America by Jeff Chang
Journalist Chang (Can’t Stop Won’t Stop) recounts the life of martial artist and actor Bruce Lee in this panoramic biography. Bo...
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July 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM