Stay tuned! We’ll announce most of our own upcoming classes and events soon, plus some special new projects… SOUTHCENTRAL HOMER | Thursday, January 25, 2018, 6 pm | HOME is a Four-Letter Word: A Literary Reading at the Homer Public Library celebrating the release of This is the Place, an anthology of women writing about home. Miranda Weiss is featured […]
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William Arthur Hanson, author of the Alaska Billy Blog, interviewed author Kate Troll for 49 Writers the first week of January, 2018. Kate Troll is an op-ed columnist, wilderness adventurer, speaker on conservation and climate issues, author of The Great Unconformity, and a member of 49 Writers. She moved to Alaska in 1977 and has more than 22 years’ experience
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Happy New Year, everyone! The Roundup’s back in action after a wee holidays break, and we’re gearing up to announce upcoming 49 Writers programs. Thanks to all who sent holiday notes and membership renewals, and keep us posted on your literary news! Thanks from 49 Writers! SOUTHCENTRAL ANCHORAGE | Friday, January 5, from 4 to
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I live in one of the best places, bar none, to appreciate the wild natural environment. I also live in one of the most politically difficult places to work on its behalf: Alaska. I arrived in Alaska thirty-nine years ago with a Master’s degree from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. From my
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In this initial Active Voice podcast, 49 Writers board member Katie Bausler interviews Alaskan writer and Faith of Cranes author Hank Lentfer. The Gutavus, Alaska resident discusses his upcoming biography of fellow Southeast writer Richard Nelson, and a light outlook in dark times. Original music by Liz Snyder and Alex Kotlasrz.
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This is the final post from our December guest blogger Meagan Macvie. 49 Writers was pleased to sponsor Meagan’s southcentral Alaska book tour this month. I was nearly forty when I got serious about writing creatively, and once committed, I did so with a fierce urgency. I left full-time employment, joined writing groups, attended conferences,
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The first time I visited New York City, people asked me (after I revealed I was from Alaska) if I’d ever lived in an igloo. The truth disappointed them. I’d never even seen a real house made of ice. An igloo would’ve been much more exciting than our unremarkable middle-class house on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula.
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By Dawnell Smith (and on behalf of her Block partners: Vered Mares, Teeka Ballas, Kathy McCue) In the fall of 2015, we walked into the Adults Only sex store on Spenard Road in Anchorage to lay the groundwork for building a community bookstore art space and cafe. The property held not just a storied past,
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There are so many reasons I chose to quit my full-time job, start writing fiction, earn my MFA, and complete a novel. In part, I was frustrated by inequalities I observed in the world and angry about how helpless I felt to change them. I wanted to talk about racism and sexism, ask questions, challenge
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The cold was back with a vengeance; she almost expected to see her breath hanging in the air like a frosted cloud. Very carefully, Ivy looked around the room, peering into the corners and shadows. She only saw her various twinned shadows twitching as she turned her head, tiny whirlpools of dust spinning at her
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