Marcie Sillman
Stories
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Nancy Pearl Picks A Book For Magazine Fans
Marcie Sillman talks with "Book Lust" author Nancy Pearl about "This Old Man," by longtime New Yorker fiction editor Roger Angell. Nancy calls it the pe...
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Seattle Girls' Jazz Band Shatters Stereotypes
Kelly Barr Clingan is a woman on a mission. That mission is music, specifically jazz. Barr Clingan directs the bands program at Seattle’s Washington...
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Nancy Pearl: Novels With Mystery And A Touch Of The South
When book-loving KUOW listeners are at a loss for what to read next, help is just a phone call away – as long as the call is to "Book Lust" author Nancy...
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Seattle's Art Scene Wants To Be Less White
Spectrum Dance Theater’s Donald Byrd wants to shake up the conversations about race in this country.“People are cautious,” says Byrd, a choreographer. ...
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From Insecure Kid To Washington State's Poet Laureate
If you want to be Washington State’s poet laureate, you have to apply for the job, the same way you’d apply to be a teacher or a bookkeeper.
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Nancy Pearl: Two Books For Western History Buffs
When KUOW listeners are at a loss for what book to read next, help is just a phone call away – as long as the person picking up the phone is "Book Lust"...
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Nancy Pearl: What To Read Next When You Have A Thing For Mermaids
When KUOW listeners are at a loss for what book to read next, help is just a phone call away – as long as the person picking up the phone is "Book Lust"...
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Pacific Northwest Ballet Takes A New Stage: A Courtroom
UPDATE: On Monday, Jan. 25, King County Superior Court Judge Theresa Doyle ruled against Pacific Northwest Ballet. The judge said Sound Transit may use...
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When Do Kids Know They’re Transgender? Younger Than You'd Think
When Kristina Olson, a psychology professor at the University of Washington, started looking into research on transgender children, she was surprised. I...
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The SAM Cars Are Coming Down
For the past eight years, visitors to the downtown Seattle Art Museum have been greeted by nine white Ford Taurus cars that hang from the ceiling of SAM...