Earth's Core and Crust

BRANGIEN DAVIS is a Seattle-based freelance writer, editor, and teacher. She covers arts and entertainment for The Seattle Times, to which she also contributes humor essays about pop culture. She writes about local culture for Seattle Magazine and Northwest Home & Garden, and has published work in Wired, The Village Voice, Venus magazine, and McSweeney's Internet Tendency. Previously, she spent five years as an editor at Amazon.com. She teaches humor writing classes at the Richard Hugo House, essay writing classes for Mediabistro, and a media literacy course at Seattle Central Community College. In addition, she works with private clients, editing everything from essay collections to website and marketing materials.