Originally published in Issue 6 of Jelly Bucket. 1.How are the girls? How do you like schlepping them around for a change? Here it’s no picnic either. Bells, service, work period, tea ceremonies. Meditation ten times a day. The head monk is like that gruff ballet master who lived off Marlboros and Diet Coke. The […]
Three years ago, I was in the first firefight of my life and I didn’t fire a single shot. Not that I didn’t have the opportunity – I did. Twice, as a matter of fact. Which seems an odd thing to say about a six-hour periodic running gun battle. Also odd, I suppose, for that
Matt Komatsu – Danger Close: Alaska Read More »
Last chance for the List and Litany Workshop. You can register and check out the details at the 49 Writers website. LIST AND LITANY with Caroline Goodwin December 12 from 6:00-9:00pm at the Alaska Humanities Forum in Anchorage 161 E. 1st Ave., Door 15 December 17 from 6:00-9:00pm at Taku Graphics/Shorefast Editions 5723 Concrete Way in Juneau December
Weekly Roundup of Writing Opportunities for December 11 Read More »
from indiepublications.com Earlier this month, I had the privilege of speaking with a group of emerging and published writers at an event hosted by Adventures by the Book in San Diego. Among the many smart questions posed by the authors in attendance was one about how authors can make sure they’re working with a top-notch editor. Here,
Working with an Editor Read More »
The essay is, I think, the messiest of forms. Which might be why I like it so much. There are no set rules for length or structure, certainly not for content. In her introduction to the very first Best American Essays collection (that would be in 1986), Elizabeth Hardwick wrote that an essay “at least
Frank Soos: Essaying the Essay Read More »
Leigh Newman spent August in the Mary Jane cabin. Photo by Elise Giordano In August 1897, Alaska’s first literary icon landed on the beach in Dyea at the beginning of his overland journey to the Yukon gold fields. Jack London, then a 21-year-old adventure-seeker, found among Dyea’s clustered beach of dogs and humanity the beginnings of
The following essay was written by Kim Stafford, the poet William Stafford’s son. Kim is an amazing author and teacher in his own right, and if you haven’t read either Muses Among Us: Eloquent Listening and Other Pleasures of the Writer’s Craft, or 100 Tricks Every Boy Can Do: A Memoir, I suggest you correct that error
Four Elements of a Daily Writing Page in William Stafford’s Practice Read More »
The New Year is approaching and new, exciting classes offered by 49 Writers are approaching too. We will wrap up the year with the List and Litany Workshop for which you still have time to register. Check out the details at the 49 Writers website. LIST AND LITANY with Caroline Goodwin December 12 from 6:00-9:00pm at
Weekly Roundup of Writing Opportunities for December 4 Read More »
How and why do we tell the stories of our lives? I am currently visiting my mother who is dying from brain cancer, and who is now reduced to short sentences, not all of them coherent. Life is pretty simple now: eating, watching t.v. including news of the latest San Bernardino shooting and the terrorist
Andromeda: Illness, Terrorism, and Telling Stories Read More »
It’s been snowing a lot in Fairbanks these past few days. Which means I’ve been scooping a lot. That’s how we clear our driveway of snow, the scoop being mostly made of a galvanized sheet of steel, fabricated right in the shop of one of the oldest businesses in Fairbanks, Wilbur Brothers Sheet Metal. It
Guest Blogger Frank Soos: The Scoop Read More »
