Scott Thomas is the Stoker-nominated author of Kill Creek, which was selected by the American Library Association's reader committee as the top horror book of 2017,...
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21st Century Kids: Behind the Camera Lens
“Photography is about light, composition and, most importantly, emotion.”—Larry Wilder
Native American Heritage Month: Interview With Author Noé Álvarez
Noé Álvarez is a writer, a runner, and the son of Mexican immigrant parents descended from the Indigenous Purépecha people and raised in Yakima, Washington.
How to Talk to Friends & Family Who Share Misinformation
We all have been given misinformation from family and friends at one time or another, but sometimes it is hard to tell if something is false or true. And when we know that the information is false, how do we talk to our family and friends about it? Or how can we verify the information is true?
Feels Like Home: The Early Days at New Central - Part 19
This post is the nineteenth in a series of excerpts serializing the book Feels Like Home
Interview With an Author: Stuart Turton
Stuart Turton is a freelance journalist who lives in West London with his wife. Stuart is not to be trusted—in the nicest possible way.
Family, Food, and Gratitude
What is Thanksgiving all about? For me, the most important part of the holiday has always been getting together with family, or with friends if I was living far from home, and counting our blessings over a delicious meal.
Interview With an Author: Emily Levesque
Emily Levesque is an astronomy professor at the University of Washington. She has observed for upward of fifty nights on many of the planet’s largest telescopes and flown over the Antarctic stratosphere in an experimental aircraft for her research.
Feels Like Home: The Early Days at New Central - Part 18
This post is the eighteenth in a series of excerpts serializing the book Feels Like Home
Interview With a Zine Maker: Linda Leigh of Skid Row Zine
Linda Leigh has been a grateful Street Symphony Fellow since 2018, as well as a proud member of the Urban Voices Project Choir since 2016. Linda is additionally regarded as an honored and revered elder amongst the Skid Row advocacy and artistic communities.
21st Century Kids: Dabble in Science
“A scientist in his laboratory is not a mere technician: he is also a child confronting natural phenomena that impress him as though they were fairy tales.” —Marie Curie