June 2017

Guest Blogger David Ramseur | Lessons from a First Book Experience

I confess to being a little intimidated when 49 Writers Executive Director Jeremy Pataky asked me to write four weekly blogs about writing, subject to harsh dissection by Alaska’s best writers. I lack a fine arts degree, never begin my day composing an original poem, and don’t even keep a journal—other than a log of […]

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Jeff Brady | 2017 North Words Writers Symposium Rundown

North Words Writers Symposium wrapped up in Skagway recently. Jeff Brady, co-organizer, provides a vicarious look at this year’s conference. ~ JP  The 8th annual North Words Writers Symposium in Skagway was the biggest yet. About 40 participants from all over Alaska and the Yukon were extolled by keynote author Paul Theroux to get out and

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Guest Blogger David Ramseur | Crazy Russian Stories Alone Don’t Make a Book

  Spritzing vodka on an Alaska Airlines jet when de-icing fluid couldn’t be found in the Russian Far East. Alaska’s First Lady forgetting her passport on the first high-profile visit to the USSR in 40 years. Launching notes of friendship across the Bering Strait tied to weather balloons instead of messages in a bottle to

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Literary Roundup | June 2-15, 2017

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