Hello wonderful writers! We hope that you’ve had a productive week writing and are looking forward to a relaxing weekend. It’s almost the end of the month, and that spooky time of year. Have a great Halloween! INSTRUCTORS WANTED Are you interested in sharing what you’ve learned as a writer? We are always looking for qualified […]
Weekly Roundup of Writing Opportunities for October 30 Read More »
This interview of Ron Spatz, editor-in-chief and founding editor of Alaska Quarterly Review was originally posted in 2011 on the Art Works Blog on the National Endowments for the Arts webpage. AQR is published by the University Alaska Anchorage and is without a doubt one of the nation’s best literary magazines, as noted by The
Art Talk with Ron Spatz of the Alaska Quarterly Review Read More »
It’s come to the end of the month. Thanks to 49 Writers for inviting me to participate in these weekly posts. With workshops, writers’ blogs, CrossCurrents, Poems in Place, and their many other services for writers in Alaska and beyond, 49 Writers is indeed an Alaska presence. I was fortunate enough to spend two months
Ernestine Hayes: Closing Out the Month Read More »
Throughout the next few months, we’ll be featuring excerpts of writing by Alaskans who’ve been published in Alaska Quarterly Review. AQR is published by the University Alaska Anchorage and is without a doubt one of the nation’s best literary magazines, as noted by The Washington Post Book World. Each issue of AQR is rich with
Alaska Shorts: Visiting with AQR featuring Elizabeth Bradfield Read More »
I’ll admit that I never really nailed all of the grammar rules until I became a high school English teacher. I firmly believe that the best way to learn something deeply is to teach it to someone else. Good teachers spend time considering their subject from all angles, pulling it apart, and putting it back
Those Who Can, Teach Read More »
The end of this series of classes is approaching and there are only a few In Person and Online Workshops organized by 49 Writers left for the coming few weeks. You can still sign up. Check out the details and register at the 49 Writers website. ANCHORAGE – IN PERSON BURNING WITH LOVE: HOW TO
Weekly Roundup of Writing Opportunities for October 23 Read More »
It was June 2009 at an inn on Kachemak Bay, Alaska. Donna, someone I had just met said, “Tell me about your camel.” My camel. I live in Alaska. She’s from Chicago, the wife of a poet, and it’s her first trip here. People ask me lots of strange questions. Do you have electricity? Running
Spotlight on Alaska Books: The Soul of My Soldier by Abigail B. Calkin Read More »
As I prepare to teach the UAS spring e-learning class “Alaska Literature, Native and non-Native Perspectives,” a never-resolved question comes up yet again: what is Alaska literature, anyway? When I ask my students to cite examples of works they consider Alaska literature, the tired romanticism of finding oneself in Alaska’s natural beauty and the ethnocentric
Ernestine Hayes: Who are we reading? Who are we writing? Read More »
Throughout the next few months, we’ll be featuring excerpts of writing by Alaskans who’ve been published in Alaska Quarterly Review. AQR is published by the University Alaska Anchorage and is without a doubt one of the nation’s best literary magazines, as noted by The Washington Post Book World. Each issue of AQR is rich with
Alaska Shorts: Visiting With AQR, Featuring Peggy Shumaker Read More »
John Straley in his natural habitat I sometimes think that I may have a little wisdom to impart about writing, but then I realize that everything I know, I learned from someone else along the way. I would have liked to post the following words and said that they were mine because I believe in
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants, or in this case John Straley Read More »
