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Paul Constant
@paulconstant
I'm a political writer. Everything is political.
I write about economics, books, movies, politics, and more. I also write comic books.
19 Posts
As I grow older, I've been watching with fascination as the writers considered to be literary giants at the time of my youth have crumbled into dust and blown away. The mainstream considered Updike to be the best American novelist for most of his life, but his work is aging terri For the Seattle Times, I interviewed David Neiwert, an expert on far-right extremism. His latest book, The Age of Insurrection, is a harrowing read explaining how regional clusters of militias and whites supremacists have become a legitimate threat to American democracy. It’s an The worst case scenario here is Tucker runs for president. If you’ve never been to Peter Miller Books because you assumed that a bookstore devoted to design and architecture had nothing to offer you, I’m sad to report that you’re missing out on one of Seattle’s most delightful shops. This year, Seattle's Elliott Bay Book Company turns 50. I couldn't write about this one without getting a little bit into my own history as a bookseller. Amazing that Bret Easton Ellis has been simmering in unchecked narcissism since the 1980s and he’s still completely uninteresting. Russell Banks was a graceful and powerful writer. The Sweet Hereafter was such a memorable reading experience for me—a great example of how novels can explore the depths of grief and loss. 3/10 of the most popular nonfiction print books were cookbooks, 0/10 of the e-books were. I don’t do year-end lists because I hate to quantify art, but I was happy to contribute three of my favorite reading experiences from 2022 to this Seattle Times roundup. I’ve been writing about bookstores for years, but writing about Magus Books was kinda intimidating. It’s one of the classic Seattle bookstores—and this year, it’s expanding into a new Wallingford loca This conversation about moderation that’s happening all over social media right now isn’t new. It’s basically the exact same conversation that editors, journalists, and publishers have been having sin Stop Bird-Watching Right Now
At this point, if you're participating in Twitter, you're condoning hate speech. Yes, even if you're just there to watch the dumpster fire. The internet's original sin is that nobody can discern the d One of the greater Seattle area’s best bookstores turned 50 this year. The owner is a legend of local bookseller history. For Business Insider, I wrote about the dirty dealings and greed behind the latest proposed mega-grocery merger: I really dug this interview—hopeful, graceful, largely positive. Idle has always been my favorite Python, and I was glad to hear Kara mention Nearly Departed, which is a sitcom so short-lived that I s Apparently Musk just let Trump back on Twitter. It’s official: that site is dead to me. Still waiting for Spotify to make a big red ON/OFF switch on my home page that says “HOLIDAY MUSIC.” Moderation, in all things I'm very interested to see how content moderation will work on this site. For a few years there—say, 2014 to 2016—Twitter became nearly unusable because dodging trolls, idiots, 10 Holiday Recommendations from Seattle Booksellers
I guess the best way to try out a news-centered service like this is to send a link to my latest story, which was published yesterday in the Seattle Times . I interviewed four great Seattle booksellers
