My Neighbors: I Know Them – Lauren Camp
Wednesday, June 4, 2014 11:41 — 1 Comment
As you suggest, I will have the nettle tea
Another Way of Saying Fear – Alex Gallo-Brown
Wednesday, June 4, 2014 11:35 — 0 Comments
The morning unfolds today
Sasquatchers!
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 12:29 — 0 Comments
We sent our intrepid photographer, Abigail Swanson, to Sasquatch music festival to take some photos and, above all, to meet the people. So, here is some of what she found: the people of Sasquatch. Enjoy!
Spekulation and The Town
Monday, June 2, 2014 14:48 — 0 Comments
I’ll tell ya something: I moved to Seattle as a direct result of knowing Matt Spek Watson. He and I went to middle school and high school together, and, during a difficult time in my life, he seemed like one of my only friends. In college, despite going to different schools, we hung out regularly, often spending entire weekends together. He taught me about making music, provided a safe place for me to create and talk for what seemed like the first time about real issues like death, love, poetry and fear.Â
Good Enough – Elizabeth Evenson-Dencklau
Monday, June 2, 2014 11:41 — 1 Comment
A phone vibrates from across the room, the tone inaudible from its resting place beneath the trousers he’d dropped. As he rolls off her, she can feel the cheap motel mattress. A cold trickle of sweat carves a path down her leg before seeping into the sheets. Turning her face away, she buries it in the pillow, inhaling the scent of sweat and aftershave. The man turns, the phone in his hand still buzzing insistently, like the last mosquito of summer.
Sergeant Congo – Luke Percy
Monday, June 2, 2014 11:33 — 1 Comment
Thembi caught him by the wrist, drew him back under the covers. She flattened his hand against her swollen belly. Their little watermelon was using his legs. “Close your eyes,†she whispered. “Can you feel him, Tata? Do you think he can hear the rain?â€
One Super Important Question For Amanda Manitach
Thursday, May 29, 2014 10:57 — 0 Comments
Amanda Manitach is one of our favorite visual artists in Seattle. She is also one of our favorite writers. So it’s a no-brainer we feature her work in our hallowed (?) pages – both in print and online. Amanda is also one of the busiest people we know – a writer for City Arts, a brilliant water-colorist, a socialite on the pathways of Capitol Hill and much, much more. So, to get a sense of what she does day-to-day, we thought we’d ask her one super important question!
Tate Modern – Mansour Chow
Monday, May 26, 2014 10:52 — 0 Comments
The Midland Grand Hotel, adjoining St. Pancras Station and now known as St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel, was designed by George Gilbert Scott. Among the many of his highly regarded creations, he also designed the Albert Memorial in Kensington, leaving a lasting legacy on London and British landscape.
The answer isn't poetry, but rather language
- Richard Kenney

Book Release and Reading Feb. 6
January 6th, 2016
Hello fellow readers, travelers and Monarchians! Our first book, Traveling Light, written by Seattle author, Jim Brantingham, is now for sale! And we will be throwing a release party for it Feb. 6 at 6pm in Ravenna Third Place Books (on the corner of 65th and 20th NE). Jim will be reading from the book and there will be guest readers accompanying him. Space is limited, so we suggest you come early. Books can be bought through this link here or at Ravenna Third Place Books (which just ordered it’s second wave of books). We are super excited for this release and […]