Beware Rabbit Holes: Managing Bad Distractions and Good Temptations by Andromeda Romano-Lax
Tell me, what is it you plan to do / With your one wild and precious life? Mary Oliver Today I want to talk ...
LATE-BLOOMER, ARE YOU?: A Guest Post by Ken Waldman
During my fiddling poet performances, I sometimes mention I’m a quintessential late-bloomer, and ask if anybody in the audience can relate. Invariably a few hands ...
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Ela: 49 Writers Weekly Round-up
How are you celebrating National Poetry Month? We hope part of your plans include our FREE Synergies/Still North event, “Land Beyond Landscape: Honoring Alaskan Poetry” ...
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Andromeda: Found in translation — another way into poetry
I tend to emerge from sleep after a series of fretful, boring, or forgettable dreams, mentally muttering a list of the day’s anxieties or errands. ...
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Andromeda: Raven Write-a-thon wrapup
Congrats, all you Raven Write-a-thon Writers, at least 44 strong, including some great Mears Middle Schoolers as well as former Alaskans — from as far ...
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John Haines, 1924-2011: A Guest Post by Ross Coen
Ross Coen, a writer/historian in Fairbanks, first published this tribute in The Ester Republic. We’ll also be airing a documentary in tribute to John Haines ...
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How One Alaskan Has Made a Living as a Writer: A Guest Post by Ken Waldman
Occasionally, people congratulate me for beating the odds and making my living as a writer. It used to be that I’d try to explain that ...
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Andromeda: Share your write-a-thon stories and comments here
Afterparty interpretive judge Maia Nolan commenting upon Rich Capitan’s poem about the birth of a dolphin: “I’ve got two words for you: Kafka-esque.” I wish ...
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Ela: 49 Writers Weekly Round-up
Thanks to all who turned out last Friday night for our Crosscurrents event featuring Susan Orlean in an onstage conversation with Julia O’Malley. We counted ...
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