We’re halfway through October, and you’ve just received your PFD, time to invest in your writing life by becoming a member of 49 Writers and taking a workshop or two! There are still a few In Person and Online Workshops organized by 49 Writers that you can sign up. Check out the details and register […]
Weekly Roundup of Writing Opportunities for October 16 Read More »
Thomas Merton with the Dalai Lama, 1968 “If you want to identify me, ask me not where I live, or what I like to eat, or how I comb my hair, but ask me what I am living for, in detail, ask me what I think is keeping me from living fully for the thing
Kathleen Tarr: Pursuing the Spiritual in Writing Read More »
I recently sat on a panel of artists who were invited to share how our identities and our work have been shaped by the Alaska landscape. I’m most often surprised and flattered when I’m asked to participate in that sort of event, and in addition to the honor of seeing my name alongside the names
Ernestine Hayes: Voices in the “Wilderness” 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, Eva Saulitis featured Read More »
Let me tell you a little about Bob Holman. He’s been kicking around Alaska for almost a month now, and I had the great good fortune to cross paths with him in Homer at the Bunnell Arts Center. Many of you may have already had a chance to hang out with him, but if you
There are still a few In Person and Online Workshops organized by 49 Writers that you can sign up. Check out the details and register at the 49 Writers website. ANCHORAGE – IN PERSON BURNING WITH LOVE: HOW TO WRITE ABOUT LOVE WITHOUT BLUSHING with Alyse Knorr November 3 from 7-10pm Location: 161 E. 1st Ave., Door
Weekly Roundup of Writing Opportunities for October 9 Read More »
Denali sunrise from my office window We humans are strange creatures. We crave routine, and yet in many ways, we’re inspired by change. As writers, we can tease out our best work by playing to both aspects of our creative selves. At the end of my Jumpstart Your Writing workshop, I ask students to write
Deb: Making Change Read More »
I write in shadows. I write in the shadows of women who if they were features of landscape would be the tallest mountains, the widest rivers, the deepest part of our literary oceans, while I cling to narrow shores. While I wade in ankle-deep shoals. While I bluster at barnacles. I imagine myself swimming out
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I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that falling in love is the single most delicious kind of panic available to us as human beings. “Panic” not only because when you’re in love you’re in a constant state of “Holy smokes what shirt will I wear what’s going on how can
One of the first things I ask writers is who are you reading? I ask this because I’m always looking for new authors and poets, and to be honest, I read so dang much that I’m often ready to start a new book. It puzzles me when someone who professes to be a writer admits
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