First, let me hearken back to the sixties to say that yesterday’s 49 Writers poetry discussion was a mind-blowing experience. So many poets, so many great thoughts. I expect to return often to the archived discussion. Many thanks to all who participated. One of the topics batted about in the poetry discussion was voice, the […]
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I wondered if I could get through this month of guest posting without reference to my summertime exchange with Rich Chiappone about nature writing (and, when he got going, genre writing generally). Couldn’t do it. I enjoyed returning to the scene of the fight (figuratively speaking) and rereading Rich’s pointed responses to my post. I
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I’m not exactly a Luddite, but I am something of a technophobe, never quite comfortable around the latest technological gadgets. I remember my unease when computers were first moving out of research labs and into the general population. Maybe I was influenced by all the science fiction I’d read as a teenager and young adult,
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I recently gave a craft talk of sorts at UAA, titled “Notes from a Literary Journalist: The Importance of Passion, Persistence, and Paying Attention.” I’d like to pull a few thoughts from that talk to give a sense of my own process in crafting stories and then sharing them with the world – or at
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When talking about the writing life, I like to tell a story from my geology days, about a boss who absolutely loved the work we did. As I recount in Changing Paths, “Inwardly I cringed when a crew leader named Joe talked about our work. ‘You know,’ he said with gusto, ‘geology isn’t just a
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Next week, we’ll feature the first of four posts from Bill Sherwonit, 49 Writers Featured Author for December. Here, an interview with Bill on his most recent book, Changing Paths: Travels and Meditations in Alaska’s Arctic Wilderness. How is Changing Paths different from your previous books, especially Living with Wildness, also from the University of
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Tired of all the press on Sarah’s new book? We got some nice press of our own this week at 49 Writers. This month’s Alaska Magazine has a nice large write-up on our Ode to a Dead Salmon contest, including a big ugly picture and a quote from the winning entry, with a link to
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Bill Sherwonit will be joining us as featured author next month, but in the meanwhile, he’s keeping the news coming — and this item is timely and important. Thanks to Bill for allowing us to crosspost this, which originally appeared on Bill’s Anchorage Daily News community blog. I was sitting in a favorite café this
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Recently, Nancy Lord wrote about our need for libraries. Today, we direct you to an ADN Community Voices blogpost by Bill Sherwonit about the Anchorage public library system’s current challenges. Sherwonit says, It’s not like local libraries and their staffs are living high on the hog. If the Daily News is correct and Sullivan’s proposed
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We might still be waiting for snow here in Anchorage, but that’s not stopping the 2009 Mushing History Conference, bringing together authors, historians, researchers, writers, veteran mushers and supporters of the colorful history of sled dog travel. In addition to several well-known mushers, speakers and presenters will include Jane Haigh of Kenai, author of Gold
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