Writers from Seattle, Washington

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 45. Chapters: Kurt Cobain, Neal Stephenson, Frank Herbert, Greg Bear, Terry Brooks, Joanna Russ, Ed Brubaker, Octavia E. Butler, Ron Reagan, Mary McCarthy, Charles R. Johnson, Catherynne M. Valente, Richelle Mead, Vonda N. McIntyre, Jonathan Raban, Ann Pancake, Bill Speidel, Garth Stein, Betty MacDonald, Harvey Manning, Jonathan Galassi, Max Brand, Norman Johnston, Matt Briggs, Aaron C. Brown, Kurt R. A. Giambastiani, Stacey Levine, Jack Prelutsky, Timothy Egan, Victor Steinbrueck, Michael Gruber, Clare Johnson, Matt Ruff, Grant Hildebrand, Eilis Flynn, Jeffrey Karl Ochsner, Eileen Gunn, Madeline DeFrees, Maliha Masood, David R. Montgomery, Audrey Wurdemann, Raven c.s. McCracken, Mistress Matisse, Rebecca Brown, Emily Warn, Kathleen Flinn, Stephen L. Nelson, Archie Binns, Brenda Cooper, Royal Brougham, Chris Widener, Julie Phillips. Excerpt: Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 - c. April 5, 1994) was an American singer-songwriter, musician and artist, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the grunge band Nirvana. Cobain formed Nirvana with Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1985 and established it as part of the Seattle music scene, having its debut album Bleach released on the independent record label Sub Pop in 1989. After signing with major label DGC Records, the band found breakthrough success with "Smells Like Teen Spirit" from its second album Nevermind (1991). Following the success of Nevermind, Nirvana was labeled "the flagship band" of Generation X, and Cobain hailed as "the spokesman of a generation." Cobain however was often uncomfortable and frustrated, believing his message and artistic vision to have been misinterpreted by the public, with his personal issues often subject to media attention. He challenged Nirvana's audience with its final studio album In Utero (1993). During the last years of hi...