Free Expanded Literature workshop: bringing text and visuals into storytelling
Working on a picture book, poems with illustrations, or a graphic novel or comic book? Get grounded in expanded literature or the ways in ...
Real West, True North: Reading Beyond Literary Myths by Christine Byl
When my first novel, Lookout, was released in 2023, the cultural zeitgeist tilted toward nuance and diversity. Remember those days? Arts boundaries and literary archetypes ...
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Gratitude to those who gathered us by Barbara Hood
It was ten years ago this month, in January 2016, that I found myself drawn to a former adult bookstore on Spenard Road in Anchorage ...
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A Day in the Life of UA student and intern by Amy Kelleher
During my final semester at the University of Alaska Southeast, I was offered the opportunity to complete an internship with Tidal Echoes. I had heard ...
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Choosing Between Projects: Fun Thought Experiments by Andromeda Romano-Lax
When anyone asks me if I’m “writing something at the moment” I have a hard time not looking taken aback. Writing something? I’m always writing ...
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In Praise of Chipmunking by Richard Chiappone
About 4:00 this morning, I was sitting alone in the dark living room, laughing. My wife and the cat were in our bed (and I ...
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Bushwhacked by Anette Coggins
Something was missing in my story. It all just read like bla…bla, and it felt flat and dull. I was working on my nonfiction book, ...
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Bloom Again–a novel that sees collaboration as the seed of hope
by Dawnell Smith Some of my friends steer clear of tough subjects when choosing books, at least some of the time. They want light reading ...
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Catching up on new books by Alaska authors–Just Like a Soldier and What Turtle Blood Tastes Like
Just Like a Soldier: A Memoir Write up by the author Robert Stark Excerpt “I have no background as a farmer. In fact, the largest ...
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