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'Espresso' books, steaming hot off the press
Seattle is the nation's most literate city and the coffee capital of the world. Naturally there are now three places with "espresso" machines that print books.
Floyd McKay
Floyd J. McKay, professor of journalism emeritus at Western Washington University, was a print and broadcast journalist in Oregon for three decades. He is also a historian and his new book, "Reporting
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