SOUTHCENTRAL ANCHORAGE | July-Sept, 2018 | 49 Writers presents Danger Close Alaska: programming meant to build a literary community of civilians and veterans. One night per month for six consecutive months (one remaining), Danger Close will focus on food, drink, discussion, and writing on different topics, shared between veterans and civilians. Click here for more …
SOUTHCENTRAL WASILLA | Friday, August 17th, 3-5 PM | Mary Havens will present her book, The Shadows in My Heart, at Wasilla Public Library. She will be sharing tips for writing a memoir, have books for sale, and be signing copies. See author’s Facebook page here.ANCHORAGE | July-Sept, 2018 | 49 Writers presents Danger Close …
Alaskan poet Mary Kancewick (writing now as Mar Ka) spent the month of July in Vilnius, Lithuania, “trying to improve my knowledge of the Lithuanian language and pursuing research connected to a creative non-fiction project about the effects of political oppression.” Lithuania was, the first of the Eastern Bloc Republics to announce its secession from …
SOUTHCENTRAL WASILLA | Friday, August 17th, 3-5 PM | Mary Havens will present her book, The Shadows in My Heart, at Wasilla Public Library. She will be sharing snippets for writing a memoir, have books for sale, and be signing copies. See author’s Facebook page here. ANCHORAGE | July-Sept, 2018 | Danger Close Alaska: programming …
Years ago, I attended an event where I looked forward to meeting a literary agent. Having recently parted ways with my own agent, I thought it might be a good chance to pitch my work-in-progress, a novel featuring Hester Prynne’s daughter, Pearl, from Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. As the event unfolded, I became more …
If you’ve been following the news lately about Alaska’s poor salmon returns, you may have heard of a phenomenon with an unassuming moniker but potentially devastating consequences: The Blob. A mass of warm water in the Gulf of Alaska that biologists are linking to this summer’s weak salmon runs. But we are still only learning …
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Welcome to August! While you’re soaking up the last of summer’s sun, you can be thinking ahead to what writing adventures you might have this fall. Soon we’ll be announcing our fall lineup of classes and craft talks. Meanwhile, we have Danger Close on August 22, and the ninth annual Tutka Bay Writer’s Retreat in …
