The Monarch Drinks With Christopher Frizzelle
Tuesday, April 2, 2013 12:20 — 0 Comments
I’m a big guy, but Chris Frizzelle is bigger. His presence loomed over me the moment I met him. We were in Vito’s on First Hill. I was late to The Stranger’s Silent Reading Series held at the Sorrento Hotel, having got caught up in a conversation at work about music. I raced to the Sorrento, asked someone sitting in a chair if his name was Chris, to which the man said, “No, Tim.†Feeling sort of defeated, I sipped down a gin and tonic in the hotel bar. I left. I walked to The Hideout on Boren, thinking maybe […]
The Monarch Drinks With Matt Watson aka The Bitter Barista aka Spekulation
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 15:57 — 0 Comments
In the storm of attention following Matt Watson’s launch of the now-infamous “Bitter Barrista†website earlier in 2013, precious little was said about a meaningful fact one thinks would predominate media coverage of the man and his relationship to words: he’s a rapper.
The Monarch Drinks With Lindy West
Monday, March 11, 2013 12:16 — 2 Comments
“I just got a stomachache.”
The Monarch Drinks With Lynn Shelton
Tuesday, February 26, 2013 12:26 — 0 Comments
Lynn Shelton, Seattle’s most well-known movie director, arrived proper to my image of her: cool, casual, Northwesterly in a good way.
10 Questions For Stephanie Drury
Monday, February 4, 2013 12:13 — 0 Comments
Stephanie Drury was born and raised in Arkansas but now lives in Seattle, WA. She is a mother of two, an appreciator of electric blankets, dogs wearing cones, and people with depression (because, as she says, they tend to be nice). She does not like earthquakes, goatees, or changing lanes near tractor-trailers. It’s not irrelevant to say that her favorite movie is “Waiting For Guffman”. The Monarch had a chance to chat with Stephanie about her web site, Stuff Christian Culture Likes, her life growing up with religion, and the Mars Hill Church.
The Monarch Drinks With Lorin Stein
Tuesday, January 29, 2013 12:47 — 0 Comments
You may have read one of the many profiles of Lorin Stein since he became the editor of the Paris Review in April 2010. He has been described as “whippet-thin,†“aquiline,†“one of the most visible characters on the young literary scene.†And while literary media has enjoyed tracking his rise to prominence, he’s aimed to bring fiction and poetry, the discovery of new literary talent, back to the fore of the Paris Review’s mission. He’s done so by blending the roles of figurehead and steward, promoting the journal’s convivial reputation, and minding the parameters set by the journal’s first […]
The Monarch Drinks With Willy Vlautin
Friday, December 28, 2012 10:57 — 0 Comments
The night before I met Willy Vlautin for breakfast, a mutual acquaintance asked me what I thought of Vlautin’s voice. “Sometimes I wonder if he really needs to talk like that,†he said. “I love Willy, but I wonder if he’s holding on to that.â€
The Monarch Drinks With Chuck Klosterman
Tuesday, November 27, 2012 12:16 — 0 Comments
“Bigger assholes than writers?” I ask.
The Monarch Drinks With Charles R. Cross
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 12:55 — 1 Comment
Bob Dylan came up right away. It was probably my fault. In fact, I know it was, though I hadn’t planned it that way. The general question was whether or not Bob Dylan embodies D.H. Lawrence’s idea that “men are free when they are living in a homeland, not when they are straying and breaking away. Men are free when they are obeying some deep, inward voice of religious belief.†Before we’d even received our Coca-Colas—his Diet, mine Classic—we found ourselves staring deep into the rabbit hole of the Dylan mythos. In a wonderful moment, marked by an admirable even-headedness […]
An Interview with Chefs Jake Wilson and Jeff Davidson
Thursday, October 25, 2012 12:44 — 0 Comments
Know your chefs interview series, episode 3.
The answer isn't poetry, but rather language
- Richard Kenney
