Tired of working conventional hours? Yearn for the flexibility of working from home or your favorite coffee shop? Dream of meeting and getting to know respected Alaskan writers and distinguished visiting authors? Have we got the job for you! 49 Writers is seeking an energetic, enthusiastic executive director to fill the shoes of current leader […]
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Glen Klinkhart Having your book published is a huge milestone for any author. Getting my memoir published was a thrill of a lifetime but it was tempered with the reality of having to go out and “sell” my work at speaking engagements and book signings. At each of my signings I experienced how much support
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I hope I won’t be flogged by Deb Vanasse (the kind person who posts these blogs), because I’m submitting this Part 2 on a Sunday instead of a Friday. I have reasons, of course. The truth is, I took a big risk. I decided to write my four blog-posts on Fridays only, and to submit
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Susanna Mishler A poem is a machine made of words. – William Carlos Williams As poet and electrician, I wonder how this statement might be true. The objects of machine and poem seem contrary. But if a poem is a machine made of words, and the idea of a poem as machine seems contradictory, then
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Stacey Mednick I walk down the vacant path shouting “no bears” in my head. I should be wearing a bell to ward them off. But I’m quiet, so quiet. Rain gear doesn’t rustle, boots not squelching in the mud. The bear would jump out and say “Gotcha” before the claws came down. Tracks through my
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A Message from Don Rearden, 49 Writers Board President It’s hard for me to believe that five years ago I sat across from Andromeda Romano-Lax and Deb Vanasse at a Kaladi Brothers table, sipping a mocha, listening to them pitch to me their shared vision for a statewide writing organization. Already over my head with
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Whenever I hear the latest update on the ebola outbreak, I think of Don Rearden. I can’t help it. In his novel The Raven’s Gift, he wrote about the devastation brought on by a deadly disease that spins out of control. Sure, his book is fiction, and at that time he wrote it, he was
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Carolyn Kremers I’ve never written for a blog, ever. I’m someone who usually drafts her poem or nonfiction by hand on a lined white notepad, then types a copy and fiddles with it—for days, weeks, years. If I journal, I do it by hand or, if near electricity or desperate for time, on my laptop.
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It is the nature of a body to succumb to gravity. And so it was with me and my directors. It was a light that they shed, or a vibration that they hummed in their bones without even knowing. Like so many directors, Blair had a singularity of presence that gleamed and flickered in the
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Four years ago, it was nothing more than a good idea: set aside one week a year to celebrate Alaska books. With the help of some incredible volunteers and the support of generous sponsors, Alaska Book Week was born. When we first began, we timed the week-long celebration so as not to conflict with the annual
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