Knute Berger, author of Pugetopolis
Knute Berger thinks Seattle is turning into the civic equivalent of a Starbucks Frappucino.
For years Berger has been Seattle’s own Mossback, sharing his sharp-tongued yet conscientious musings with the public in his weekly appearances on KUOW radio, as former editor at Seattle Weekly, and in his writings for Crosscut.com.
Knute Berger is the author of PUGETOPOLIS: A Mossback Takes on Growth Addicts, Weather Wimps, and the Myth of the Seattle Nice (Sasquatch Books; January 2009), and he will be visiting Orcas for a free reading at Darvills on Friday, April 17, at 7:00 pm.
A third-generation Seattlite, Berger writes with the intimate knowledge of a life-long insider and someone who cares—deeply—about the fate of the city. And, whether you agree with him or not as he asks questions such as “What kind of sissified Seattleites have we become that we cower at the threat of a seasonal shower?” his essays exhibit his acute ability to put Seattle’s subconscious on public display.
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