Brooks Kolb
Brooks Kolb is a Seattle writer, artist, and a landscape architect.
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Invisible Dragons
Growing up in Seattle in the 1950s and ‘60s, I had no word for “gay.” My father was a distinguished professor of architecture, and in
THE ENDURING APPEAL OF MALCOLM X
“The Autobiography of Malcolm X” is one of the most engrossing, thought-provoking books I have ever read. Part of its power is that when you
SELLING DAD’S HOUSE
SELLING DAD’S HOUSE One morning in the spring of 2015, my father fell and broke his hip. Fortunately, he was in the master bathroom, so
MALCOLM X AND RELIGION
written on the 58th anniversary of Malcolm X’s assassination (February 21, 1965) Just in time for Black History Month, I woke up one morning realizing
THUMBNAIL BOOK REVIEW: “THE GREAT PRETENDERS” BY LAURA KALPAKIAN
December 17, 2022 In this masterpiece of a novel set in the Hollywood of the mid nineteen-fifties, the travails of black-listed screenwriters are deftly juxtaposed
AMBITION VERSUS RETIREMENT
January 15, 2023 I used to be ambitious. As a child encouraged to draw and paint by my parents and grandparents, I assumed that I
