For the next six months or more, I’ll be living solo in Krakow, Poland. I don’t know a single person in Poland and have never been. As a destination, it hardly makes anyone’s top-twenty travel list, though it’s bordered by seven countries, including Ukraine. I seem to be drawn to countries with cataclysmic and tragic […]
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FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 6-10:30pm. It’s Write-a-thon time! Save the date and get the details here. This is our premiere fundraising event of the year and a great way to show your support for the literary arts in Alaska, while working on your own contribution to the state’s growing body of literature! It was such a treat
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This week, I re-read the novel manuscript I’ve been working on for two years in what is my final significant revision before I send it out (fingers crossed) into the publishing world. I’ll probably sweep through it for typos and discontinuities, again, but I’ve gotten to the point where I’m equally blind to many of
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The trope I heard over and over again this past weekend in Seattle, at the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference – fifteen thousand writers under one roof, can you imagine? – was “it’s so nice to be back with my tribe.” Fair enough. You’ve slaved away for the rest of the year in
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Daryl Farmer I’m in Seattle joining the hordes as we ride the escalator to the top floor of the Washington State Convention Center. This is AWP, the Association of Writers and Writing Programs annual Conference and Book Fair. The conference is a writer and book lover extravaganza: panels, speakers, readings, social events, literary journals
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This brief video is something I’ve used on my Flashes of War book tour to illustrate how stories often began for me, as a civilian writer writing about American military and civilian characters in the Middle East. At first, many folks were skeptical about how I did what I did, let alone why I did it
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Thursday was Alaska day at AWP with a series of panel discussions and readings featuring Alaskan authors and publishers. Whether or not you agree that Alaska is currently in the midst of a “Literary Rennaissance” (sort of implies there was a dark ages) there’s no question that Alaska writing is hot right now. Publishing Local
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Photo by Sean Mattison We are thrilled to announce that acclaimed poet Carolyn Forché will teach at this year’s Tutka Bay Writers Retreat, Sept. 5-7, 2014. Do consider joining us for an intensive, generative weekend workshop, “Writing on Tutka Bay: New Poems, New Passages.” This year’s retreat is designed for poets and memoirists who want to
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Buffy McKay, Martha Amore, and Vered Mares at the Cirque Booth, AWP It’s the end of day one at AWP and I’m enjoying a delicious glass of Cabernet in the lobby, trying to figure out how I’m going to intelligently discuss the conference. To just tell you that the Cab is delicious is simply a
Day 1: Arrival Sun poked through the clouds Wednesday afternoon when my plane touched down in Seattle. I met my friend Erica in the SeaTac airport baggage claim, and we rode the Skytrain to the Westlake exit. From there, we walked a few blocks to the Sheraton Hotel. So many writers have converged on downtown
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