Nathan Vass presents 'Deciding to See: The View from Nathan's Bus'

Third Place Books welcomes author, community-building, photographer, and Metro bus driver Nathan Vass to our Seward Park store to present his new essay collection, Deciding to See: The View from Nathan's Bus.

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Deciding to See: The View from Nathan's Bus is an eye-opening, inspiring, and hopeful linked-essay collection recounting the amazing everyday encounters of city bus driver Nathan Vass, who lives life by the motto "if you give kindness, you'll get kindness." Vass tests this theory on the roughest nighttime routes in Seattle. The results illuminate the challenges of poverty, homelessness, and crossing class boundaries. Vass intertwines personal stories of trauma from his survival of the 2015 Paris terror attacks, showing that we are all struggling with tragedy. These brief but meaningful encounters foster healing for everyone involved. The ordinary becomes extraordinary when he chooses to see the beauty of each person who steps onto his bus. Come along for the ride.

Nathan Vass is an artist, filmmaker, photographer, and author by day, and a Metro bus driver by night, where his community-building work has been showcased on TED, NPR, The Seattle Times, KING5 and more, landing him a spot on Seattle Magazine’s 2018 list of the 35 Most Influential People in Seattle, and Seattle Met's 2021 Power Players list. A Korean-American born in South Central LA, Nathan holds a BFA in Photography from the University of Washington, and has been featured in the Seattle Art Museum, Henry Art Gallery, and more, with 40 photography shows and 9 films including the award-winning festival favorite Men I Trust. His first book, The Lines That Make Us, is a Seattle bestseller and 2019 Washington State Book Award Finalist in Non-Fiction. Learn more at nathanvass.com.

Founded in 1998 in Lake Forest Park, Washington, Third Place Books is dedicated to the creation of a community around books and the ideas inside them. With locations in Lake Forest Park and Seattle's Ravenna and Seward Park neighborhoods, Third Place Books is proud to serve the entire Seattle metro area. Learn more about their event series at thirdplacebooks.com/events.

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