Here’s a topic that may get your motor racing. I missed it when it was first published last year, but when my husband brought it to my attention last week, it certainly made me think twice. Did you know some ebook companies are tracking what people underline most (18,000 readers of the final Hunger Games […]
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Last year, I applied for an MFA professorship at a Western university. I had never applied for a tenure track job before. I had never even trolled an academic website looking for an opening. And I had zero desire to leave my home in Alaska. But this announcement came to my attention by way of
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Dear Writergirl, I’ve decided it’s time to go to writing conferences to help me polish up my writing and find an agent. But there are so many–how do I decide which one(s) to attend? Sincerely, Almost Ready for Publication Dear Almost Ready, You’ve gotta love the writing life. You live in your head – flipping
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On a recent Friday afternoon, the Lord and some of his Joint Chief Angels were sitting around during their weekly T.G.I.F. meeting where they hashed over the week’s events down on Earth. The Lord likes to have these semi-informal rap sessions, where He can get both a debriefing and a consensus discussion on how to
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Thank you to everyone who contributed to the success of our first Crosscurrents event of 2013, an on-stage conversation between Alaska Writer Laureate Nora Marks Dauenhauer and Diane Benson. We were honored to have the opportunity to spend the evening in their company, to enjoy Nora’s wit and wisdom, and to hear her spirited reading
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In southeast Alaskan winters, Raven pulls the clouds right down to the shoreline, creating a gray winter landscape that feels quite lonely. William Wordsworth wrote a poem about being “lonely as a cloud.” Are poets lonely? Well, that depends, since writing tends to be solitary work. Only one person typically holds the pen and there’s
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“I only write when I am inspired. And I make sure I am inspired at 9 o’clock every morning.” –attributed to William Faulkner I’ve never been a big fan of the Muse. I know this sounds sacrilegious (writers are supposed to worship her, after all, or suffer the dry-brain consequences), but waiting around for
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Alaska’s new State Writer Laureate Nora Marks Dauenhauer will appear tonight in our first Crosscurrents event of 2013 for an onstage conversation with Diane Benson: Tuesday, February 19 at 7 pm at the Wilda Marston Theatre, Loussac Library. We’re pleased to bring you this event in partnership with the Anchorage Public Library and Alaska Writers Guild. As
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What might happen when the old knowing that lives inside poetry marries the voices of wind, river, forest, the pull of the tide, or the quiet rhythm of a lake and is available to all who pass by? Seeking Poems: Poems in Place, a unique collaboration between Alaska Center for the Book, Alaska State Parks,
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Seth Kantner and Loussac director Mary Jo Torgeson, photo courtesy of Lila Vogt It was wonderful to see such a strong turnout for the two 49 Writers events at the Anchorage Reads celebration last Saturday. Thank you to the Anchorage Public Library for initiating the collaboration and to our fantastic guest authors who volunteered their
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