Books

October 22, 2026

Uncovering life's stories

Get to know Ronit Plank, who teaches a 10-week continuing education course on memoir writing at the UW.


October 16, 2026

Fighting conscious erasure

Former UW professor Scott Kurashige spotlights history and community organizing in "American Peril."


October 15, 2026

Fall media recommendations from Viewpoint

A podcast from a prison, a movie about a Chicano rock band, a memoir from a UW leader and a guide to health care inequity from a gynecologist comprise our media roundup.


October 5, 2026

Media roundup

From the science of regenerative farming, to a mystery novel set in the 1960s, to the middle-grade debut of "We Still Belong" author Christine Day, there might just be something for everyone on this list.


October 1, 2026

Myths, mortality and motherhood

Kristen Millares Young blends personal narrative with mythology and cultural inquiry in "Desire Lines."


September 9, 2026

The rest of the story

In her newest novel, Donna Miscolta, ’80, ’90, turns her creative gaze back to an earlier work of her own making.


September 8, 2026

Around the sound

Kara Patajo, ’19, is a travel blogger and author of “52 Weekends in the Pacific Northwest,” a collection of year-round travel destinations.


September 3, 2026

Poetry in public

Mateo Quispe, who was the Seattle Youth Poet Laureate from 2023–2024, is spreading their love of poetry with book nooks created by Muckleshoot Tribe carvers.


August 28, 2026

The magic of science

Christina Soontornvat provides background on her winding road to becoming a New York Times bestselling author.


July 14, 2026

Summer reads (and more)

Check out a few of our favorite new releases from the UW community (and fill out your summer book bingo while you're at it!).


June 16, 2026

A screaming life

In his new memoir, Kim Thayil, '85, reflects on Soundgarden, Seattle's music scene and his journey from UW student to '90s rock icon.


June 5, 2026

Sex edified

Nicole McNichols' new book, "You Could Be Having Better Sex," explains that sexual well-being is essential to overall health.


May 1, 2026

Returning to Tule Lake

Author Tamiko Nimura traveled into the past to recover her family’s history and her father’s childhood.


April 7, 2026

From feud to fervor

Sujin Witherspoon ties her love for "Survivor" and the Pacific Northwest into her second novel, "Seyoon and Dean, Unscripted."


March 17, 2026

Spring media roundup

Until the cherry trees reach peak bloom, hide from the last leg of the Pacific Northwest's winter and cozy up with a new book from the UW community.


March 3, 2026

Evelyn Iritani wearing a colorful scarf in a library

Telling an untold story

Pulitzer-winning reporter Evelyn Iritani uncovers the diplomatic exchange of American and Japanese civilians while the two countries were at war.


February 17, 2026

David Horsey sits in a leather chair wearing a leather vest holding his novel

Fiction foray

Pulitzer-Prize winning editorial cartoonist David Horsey tells stories in long hand with his novel “Beach of Stars.”


December 12, 2025

Winter decorations and lighting

Winter media round-up

These new releases from UW alumni and faculty can help you end your year—or start the new one—with Husky spirit.


December 6, 2025

Whiskey and wiretaps

Privacy lawyer Albert Gidari turns detective to flesh out the story of Seattle’s most famous bootlegging couple, Roy and Elise Olmstead.


December 5, 2025

Backwoods dreamer

Patrick Hutchison went from the UW to Argentina to the Cascades, where he bought and restored a primitive cabin, inspiring a best-selling book.


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