Author: Michael Upchurch

Book review: Lawn Boy

Michael Upchurch reviews Seattle-based author Jonathan Evison's "Lawn Boy," a novel about a good-hearted young man with two passions: books and garden care. It's a swift, engaging read with a wry sense of humor that faces a pertinent issue head-on: the inescapable trap of inequality in America.

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Chief Seattle and The Town That Took his Name: book review

Michael Upchurch reviews David Buerge's book "Chief Seattle and the Town the Took His Name," a history that rejects simple mythologies and draws a complicated portrait of the man the city of Seattle was named for-- as well offering a rich account of Duwamish and Suquamish tribal culture.

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