Unalaska seems to be blessed with more than its share of dedicated readers. We had one book bag order at the beginning of the week, and then three more yesterday. Thanks J.B. and S.T.! We’ve got a few more bags to go – really nearing the finish line, now! – so if you have been […]
Ela: 49 Writers Weekly Round-up Read More »
We still have a few slots open for our 49 Writers Benefit Book and Tea Talk this Sunday, Oct. 17, from 2 – 4 p.m. Join us as we learn about tea and sample new blends as we hear about some of Alaska’s great books. There’s no charge, but donations are welcome. Email 49writers@gmail.com to
Ela: 49 Writers Weekly Round-up Read More »
Alaska Quarterly Review . has done it again. The current issue (volume 27, number 3 & 4, fall and winter 2010) includes a wide variety of some of the best contemporary writing readers will find anywhere. And, again, it includes what has become one of its trademarks—a “special feature.” This time, that feature is a
Check out this fall’s Alaska Quarterly Review: A Guest Post by Nancy Lord Read More »
Cleaning out, getting ready for winter? Today’s the day to drop off your nearly new donations for our 49 Writers benefit yard sale: 4-6 p.m., 415 L St (next to Snow City). We’ll be happy to email a receipt for your taxes. If you’d like an item back if it doesn’t sell, just let us
Ela: 49 Writers Weekly Round-up Read More »
Back from a great retreat with David Vann and rolling into our Fall Literary Season here at 49 Writers. Registrations and memberships have been pouring in – we invite you to join us! Remember there’s new class on the schedule – a three-hour microediting session with novelist Cindy Dyson. And believe it or not, we’re
Ela: 49 Writers Weekly Round-up Read More »
It was my good fortune this summer to be invited to be “writer-in-the-park” in DenaliNational Park for ten days in August. This is the second year the park has included awriter as part of the AIR (Artist in Residence) program that otherwise includes three or four visual artists each summer. Each artist (with a companion,
Writers, Artists, and Dinosaurs in Denali Park: A Guest Post by Nancy Lord Read More »
Another week of summer just flooded by! Around the corner is fall, when we’ll kick off our 49 Writers instruction season with an intensive writing retreat with acclaimed author David Vann Sept. 3-5 at Tutka Bay Lodge. Only a handful of slots remain, so if you plan to attend, register today. And if you or
Ela: 49 Writers Weekly Round-up Read More »
Nancy Lord writes: I’m hoping to see some posts from the Kachemak Bay Writers Conference. As the state writer laureate it was my honor to give the closing talk there on June 15. The following is the basic text. Back when I was finishing my MFA degree, more than 20 years ago, there was an
Writing in the Cold — Keep It Hot: A Guest-post by Nancy Lord Read More »
Another amazing week comes to a close at 49 Writers. Andromeda and I began with a whirlwind trip to Tutka Bay Lodge, where thanks to the generosity of Kirsten and Carl Dixon, we’ll hold our first 49 Writers Retreat on Sept. 3, 4, and 5. Watch for details in the weeks ahead – space will
Deb: 49 Writers weekly round-up Read More »
Many if not most literary journals are predictably similar quarter to quarter; they have a certain aesthetic the reader gets to know, and contain a mix of prose and poetry—rarely art, drama, criticism, or graphic literature. Not so for the Alaska Quarterly Review, which distinguishes itself not just by its general (high) quality but with
Latest AQR full of delights: A Guest Post by Nancy Lord Read More »
