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Jess Walter Doesn’t Have a Lot of Patience for Memoirs Credit...Jillian Tamaki Dec. 17, 2020 “Maybe it’s fatigue with social media and the confessional tone of reality television,” says the author of the new novel “The Cold Millions,” “but I get claustrophobic spending too much time in the head of another writer.” What books are on your night stand? “The Death of Vivek Oji,” by Akwaeke Emezi, “The New Wilderness,” by Diane Cook, “Interior Chinatown,” by Charles Yu, and “Sand,” by Wolfgang Herrndorf. What’s th...

By Marcus Widenor Today, Seattle is a hub for the high-tech global economy. But at the turn of the 20th century, Spokane occupied a similar place in American capitalism. With seven freight and passenger lines converging there, it was the the busiest terminal west of Chicago. Spokane connected the fields of California, the forests of Oregon and Washington, and the mines of Idaho and Montana to the rest of the country. Workers mustered out for jobs and wintered there, creating a culture steeped in the radicalism of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), which organized them without regard f...

Slate has relationships with various online retailers. If you buy something through our links, Slate may earn an affiliate commission. We update links when possible, but note that deals can expire and all prices are subject to change. All prices were up to date at the time of publication. Did you listen more or less in 2020? For every friend rhapsodizing about how she finally discovered audiobooks this year when walking outdoors replaced her gym time, there’s another who’s behind on all his podcasts because he’s no longer commuting. Some of us resorted to submerging ourselve...