Watch a recording of this event: READING AND CONVERSATION SERIES: JOAN NOCKELS WILSON Recorded: Thursday, March 17 | 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM via Zoom Bio: Joan Nockels Wilson is a writer and a Senior Assistant Attorney General for the State of Alaska. Joan has served the State of Alaska in both a civil and criminal […]
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Have you ever felt like you knew a piece of your writing wasn’t quite right, but you just didn’t know why? Have you ever been determined to revise, but unsure what to “fix”? Have you ever felt paralyzed by your own revisions, worried that one “wrong” change or edit could ruin your chances of publication?
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Ohio author Bonnie Proudfoot discusses and reads passages from her debut novel with Active Voice host and producer Katie Bausler. Goshen Road is told through the alternating voices of a working class family in rural Appalachia over the course of a generation. The book holds stories of a far from easy life in a time
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Watch a recording of this event: 49 Writers Inspiration Series: Dana Stabenow Recorded: Tuesday, March 15 | 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM via Zoom Inspirations is a 49 Writers series in which Writer Laureate Heather Lende will interview some of Alaska’s premier writers about their work, process, and the writing life. Dana Stabenow was
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On May 14-17, the Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference returns as an in-person event at the Kachemak Bay Campus. This is our 20th conference, and we’re excited to bring together the amazing Alaska writing community. The 2022 keynote speaker is Jericho Brown, 2020 Pulitzer Prize winning poet, winner of the American book award, and finalist for
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Photo caption: Taras Shevchenko (1814-1861), Ukraine’s beloved poet, playwright, and painter is honored in this bronze statue installed in 1960 in Washington, D.C. and dedicated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Its inscription says it is “Dedicated to the Liberation, Freedom, and Independence of All Captive Nations.” Shevchenko spent many years imprisoned for his pro-Ukrainian sovereignty
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Today I did an itty-bitty trail run following strict doctor’s orders: fifteen minutes maximum; alternate running with walking; stop at the faintest niggle of discomfort. All went well and I’m hoping that after I manage three of these in a row, pain-free, I’ll slowly return to regular running following a six-week prescribed break. If not,
During an early February walk in the Chugach Front Range, a skier said to me while passing, “Hey, I like your writing. I’ve enjoyed your articles for forty years.” I naturally thanked the skier for his appreciation of my work. But his comments also prompted me to do some mental calculations. It turns out that
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Watch a recording of this event: READING AND CONVERSATION SERIES: SETH KANTNER Recorded: Thursday, February 17 | 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM via Zoom Bio: Seth Kantner was born and raised in northern Alaska and has worked as a trapper, wilderness guide, wildlife photographer, gardening teacher, and adjunct professor. His writing has appeared in The
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Along the Kobuk River in the early 1970’s books were rare. People shared what they had, and a few stray paperbacks got beat up and tattered as they were hauled to camps and in the load on dog sleds. I remember Don Williams bringing a “new” Louie L’amour western downriver one spring, in his plank
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