Alignments by Michael Engelhard
“Look at the boaters down there.” As a nonfiction writer with a passion for history and adventure, I sometimes tap webs that link individuals over ...
Andromeda/Your Turn: Why we read, do we need critics, and Michael Dirda's Sunday visit to Loussac Library
It’s been a good long time since we had a highly interactive post with lots of comments (that’s summer for you), and perhaps a rainy, ...
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Writer as Wilderness Ranger: Guest Post by Marybeth Holleman
I’ve always had a secret desire to be a forest ranger. Maybe it was reading about Edward Abbey out there in his fire tower; maybe ...
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Liz Meredith interviews Tom Sexton: I Think Again of Those Ancient Chinese Poets
In late May, the New York Times reviewed former Alaska poet laureate Tom Sexton’s twelfth book I Think Again of Those Ancient Chinese Poets. In ...
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Ela: 49 Writers Weekly Round-up
Congratulations to Paula Bryner, winner of our Third Annual “Ode to a Dead Salmon” contest. For her splendid effort in “The Horror: A Tale of ...
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Mike Kincaid: Where's the bathroom?
Looking up from scribbling in a copy of Alaska Justice, I notice a somewhat memorable face patiently waiting her turn in the line. I can’t ...
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Andromeda/Your Turn: What Do You Hope To Learn This Year?
My kids went back to school yesterday, and even though school starts earlier these days than it used to, it seemed like the weather understood, ...
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Ode to a Dead Salmon Bad Writing Contest: The Winning Ode
While this summer’s harvest of bad writing has been more entertaining than any batch before, the votes are in and the time has come to ...
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Kayla Beth: A Young Writer's Dilema
Before I came to Alaska this summer I spent eight weeks in Oxford, England wearing very uncomfortable shoes. In hopes of discovering whether or not ...
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