You know the old saying: federal decision-makers who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat the same mistakes in rural Alaska. (Wait, maybe that’s not quite it.) In our latest installment of Active Voice: Writers Respond, essayist Erica Watson does not hold back as she examines the actions of the current federal administration to move […]
Active Voice | Bursts & Craters, Past & Present by Erica Watson Read More »
This week we celebrate the arts in Alaska by celebrating the 2018 cohort of Rasmuson Individual Artist awardees. Congratulations, everyone! What an amazing group. In the near future, you’ll hear more about a new collaboration between 49 Writers and the Rasmuson Foundation to profile recipients of individual artist awards. Did you know that last month’s
Literary Roundup | May 11-17, 2018 Read More »
I’m a creative writer and most of my stories are nonfiction. In fact, they’re usually about my life, dealing with topics such as adoption and family dynamics. I sometimes wonder if my stories make me seem vain, like I know something important or have some better angle. But let me assure you. I don’t. I’m
Passage Writes: Alaska Birth-Moms’ Stories by Sarah Mouracade Read More »
It’s May…vember? Snowing this morning across several parts of the state as reported via complaints on social media. You may be dreaming of writing retreat and conference season which is right around the corner. Lots of opportunities below, including 49 Writers own Tutka Bay Writers Retreat in September, with guest author Hannah Tinti, which only
Literary Roundup | May 4-10, 2018 Read More »
Crouched on the riverbank, I’m looking into the eyes of several large chum salmon, their heads and slithering bodies well above the water. Chum salmon are hefty fish, second only to king salmon in size. The spawning males have hooked jaws with sharp, canine-like teeth. Their mouths gape as they fin their bodies forward. Some
Spotlight on Alaska Books | A Wild Promise: Prince William Sound, by Debbie S. Miller Read More »
SOUTHCENTRAL ANCHORAGE | Friday, April 27, 2018 from 6:30-8:30 PM | Sunrise to Sunset: A Bartlett Night of Stories is a creative showcase of stories, art, and music performed by students. Requested $5 donation to Story Works Alaska. Located at Bartlett High School. ANCHORAGE | April-May 2018 | The UAA Campus Bookstore will
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Ed note: 49 Writers is pleased to be a small sponsor of this tiny comic-con. Read on to hear from Alaska Robotics owner, Pat Race about opportunities to and study with the many authors, artists, writers, and songwriters that the conference draws to Juneau. See you there! Juneau’s tiny-sized comic convention takes place this Saturday at the
Join Us | Alaska Robotics Mini-Con is happening this weekend in Juneau Read More »
Three abreast, rows of well-groomed horses extended over hills and around bends farther than I could see. Riders carried banners from their home regions: Rio Nef, Rio Del Salto, Puerto Bertrand, Villa Castillo. We moved not as band of trail-weary, beaten-down campesinos with hundreds of kilometers behind us. Instead, we marched with flags flying as
Spotlight on Alaska Books | Riding Through the Heart of Patagonia by Nancy Pfeiffer Read More »
Have you ever had an idea for something, but you weren’t sure you knew how to pull it off? Of course you have. You’re a writer. Everything we do begins with a blank slate: an empty bar napkin, an un-scribbled scrap of paper, a blank computer screen. And yet you do. It begins with three
Danger Close | Matt Komatsu wants you to get ink on your napkin. And pizza too. Read More »
Literary Roundup | April 20-26, 2018 SOUTHCENTRAL ANCHORAGE | April 2018 | The UAA Campus Bookstore will be hosting four more literary events in April 2018. Friday, April 20, from 4–6 PM: George Gee presents Flutters from Side Street: Dry Erase Drawings, Social Discourse, and Political Ramblings. In 1992, George Gee and his wife
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