2014

Spotlight on Alaska Books: The Gods of Second Chances, by Dan Berne

Mud and rain invaded my dreams after Donna’s death. In southeast Alaska, where I’ve lived for half my life, we have precipitation 310 days out of the year. All those nights with the skittle-skattle of wet pellets against the windows, you’d think that rain would have formed the base molecules of my sleep a long […]

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Deb: A Chat with Lael Morgan (and why you might want to join us)

Lael Morgan Membership has its perks! On Thursday, Jan. 16, 49 Writers members will gather for an informal “Resolve to Write” event that includes a fireside chat featuring Lael Morgan and me. Our topic: Strategies for Success in Writing and Publishing. (If you’re not a member, it’s easy to join: you’ll be supporting a great

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Monica Devine: The Living Room

Pay no attention to those shaking knees behind the podium; take no notice of those quivering hands cradling a fresh batch of new and expanded poems. When midnight strikes, I will have raised my glass to all new endeavors, to every chalk-dusted slate wiped clean, and welcomed to two thousand and fourteen the newest addition

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Brendan Jones: A Schnauzer Eats a Chocolate Bar & a Novel to Submit

Three days ago, just before midnight, I landed in Oakland airport – Burger King dark and gated, antiseptic smell of the bathrooms, harsh sodium parking lot lights – after three weeks home in Sitka, on Baranof Island, in Southeast Alaska. My days were spent doing chores on my old tugboat (where I lived before receiving a

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Deb: About Those PFDs

Alaskans, have you filed yet for your 2014 Permanent Fund Dividend checks? I know, we’re about writing here, but we’re also about programs and events that support Alaska’s literary community. So bear with me for a small diversion that will come right back around to you, the writer, and you, the reader, and you, the

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