EVENTS IN ANCHORAGE Anchorage’s Loussac Public Library’s Teen Writing Society is a club for teen writers. They seek reliable adults to lead their meetings and provide writing prompts or other activities. 49 Writers member Lynn Lovegreen has volunteered to lead the April meetings and help find leaders for the future. One idea is to have different […]
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In the Sheldon Jackson Museum where I work, I get to sit among the collection of priceless objects from each of Alaska’s Native cultures. It’s impossible not to notice that every object is embellished with artwork. Among our Tlingit people, clan designs decorate every utilitarian object: bentwood boxes, carved bowls, sheep horn spoons, Chilkat blankets,
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Gathering. Each June for the past 15 years, writers have been gathering at the tip of the Homer Spit for the Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference. Fifteen years of keynote presenters like Maxine Hong Kingston, Billy Collins, Anne Lamott, Michael Cunningham, Barry Lopez, Naomi Shihab Nye, and just last year Andre Dubus III. This year’s keynoter
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. Family. Community. Support. 49 Writers, where Alaska’s writers gather. It has been a privilege to be among you, to speak to you each Monday and to help create opportunities for learning and communing. Thank you for your warm support. Thank you for being amazing writers, and more importantly, thank you for being amazing people.
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With the beautiful weather it’s hard to stay inside. Summer feels close and indoor events seem to recede. Soon conferences and retreats will start in different parts of our state. I plan to attend at least one and hope you will have the chance to do so too. EVENTS IN ANCHORAGE Events at the UAA Bookstore
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Everyone has rituals, things that we do in a certain way, at a certain time, or in certain settings. Some of the rituals we perform on special days of the month. Back home in Kake for example, before people go out to Grave Island on Memorial Day, family members clear off family graves and make
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What do you love? Kids, hawks, the smallest falcons (are kestrels not the baddest asses there are? Don’t they look like tiny linebackers?), and the way my wife Mary says a ha! when she is occasionally right about something. Also almost all music. Also grace under duress, and humility. Humility might be the coolest thing
An interview with Brian Doyle, this year’s North Words Keynote Read More »
We Alaskans tune into weather, seasons, subtle shifts in light, and most recently, the dramatic arrival of Spring. Change is in the air – you can smell, see, and feel it. What will you do with your extra hours of light? Here at 49 Writers, summer is a time to plan, reflect on our past
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2016 Class Schedule There is still time to register for a great class offered next week in Juneau. Information about our classes and workshops, description, details, and registration on our website. Feel free to contact us at 49writers@gmail.com if you have any questions. Juneau Set Your Fiction on Fire taught by Kim Heacox April 18, 6-9pm
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Exchange Authors: Front row, L to R: Kitty Morse, Kenna Jones. Middle row, L to R: Susan McBeth, Debbie Moderow, Marivi Solivan, Marybeth Holleman, Deb Vanasse. Back row, L to R: Kaylene Johnson, Kathi Diamant. Camel is a longstanding fixture at the Moroccan-style home of Kitty Morse. Does there exist anywhere an author who suffers
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