Welcome and thanks to our February featured author, Craig Medred. The strange thing is to be asked to blog for a website for a bunch of people interested in writing. I’ve never thought of myself as much of a writer. A decent storyteller, yes, but a writer? Writers do fancy shit. They have a certain […]
Medred: It's not the gift, it's what you make of the gift Read More »
Where I’m supposed to be: AWP (writing) conference in Washington DC. Where I am: Boston. Weather: More drippy than blizzardy after all. Played airplane roulette and changed my flight but it looks like my original flight might not be cancelled after all. Reminder to self: You’re always looking for more time to read and write.
Andromeda: The weather report Read More »
You’ll recall we made quite a fuss here at 49 Writers over our writing resolutions this year, hosting Resolve to Write events in Anchorage, Juneau, and Homer. But the fun didn’t stop there. At our January Board meeting, president Don Rearden opened by asking our Directors to share their resolutions for our still-young 49 Alaska
So who is Mattox Roesch. the visiting writer who’ll be teaching our Fiction Workshop beginning Feb. 17? For starters, his first novel, Sometimes We’re Always Real Same-Same (Unbridled ’09), was named one of the best books of 2009 by Booklist and New West. His short fiction has appeared in numerous publications and anthologies, including The Sun,
I’m Not A Dog Musher: A Guest Post by Mattox Roesch Read More »
Welcome! You’re in the right place to ask questions from Peggy Shumaker, our Writer Laureate; Vivian Prescott, who divides her time between Sitka and Puerto Rico, and is founder of an organization called “Raven’s Blanket” that is sponsoring a new poetry prize; Zack Rogow, who is not only a prolific poet, but also an award-winning
With Poets in Winter: Online Discussion Sunday 2 to 5 pm AK time Read More »
Our first Crosscurrents Event, “Environmental Writing & Activism,” was a big success: stimulating conversation, 59 attendees, many books sold and new friends made. Thanks to our authors and co-sponsors. Audio content will be available as a web extra on the KSKA website soon; we’ll let you know when it’s up. The next Crosscurrents Event will
Ela: 49 Writers Weekly Round-up Read More »
Thanks to January featured author Marybeth Holleman for this final guest-post. Lately I’ve been puppy-sitting Ivy, a three-month old Siberian Husky-Labrador mix. God, is she cute, and God, is she crazy-wild. The only way to keep her from tearing up my houseplants and irritating my two older dogs is for my husband to walk all
Holleman: On Jane Kenyon and Puppies Read More »
I promised myself at the beginning of the month that I would try do something each January day to make the year feel truly new, and I’ve found that this “to-do” list has been more fun than my more sober and goal-oriented New Year’s resolutions, which are filled with more “don’ts” than “dos.” My “make
Andromeda: Get ready for Sunday's online poetry discussion Read More »
As part of our ongoing series of interviews with Alaska’s literary organizations, we bring you this interview with Connie Huff of Alaska Professional Communicators, with thanks to volunteer interviewer Stephanie Jaeger. Can you tell us about the history of APC? Alaska Professional Communicators was originally called Alaska Press Women. Alaska Press Women was founded in
Stephanie Jaeger interviews Connie Huff, Alaska Professional Communicators Read More »
Tomorrow night, Tuesday, Jan. 25 at 7 pm, we’re excited to present our first CROSSCURRENTS event: an onstage discussion, “Environmental Writing and Activism,” with Nancy Lord, Marybeth Holleman, and Charles Wohlforth, at Out North Theater. Our thanks to Cook Inletkeeper, the Alaska Center for the Environment, and the Prince William Sound Science Center for co-sponsoring
On belief and nature writing: a guest post by Charles Wohlforth Read More »
