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 ...
Ela: 49 Writers Weekly Round-up
A big thanks to John Morgan and Kelsea Habecker (pictured above) for a wonderful evening of poetry at our April 16 Synergies/Still North Reading and ...
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Andromeda: Tutka Bay, Dani Shapiro, and watching spring arrive
A treat this morning: I gave myself some online blog-reading time to get to know Dani Shapiro, the memoirist and novelist who is leading our ...
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Andromeda: Three Write-a-thon Writings
We asked people to share some of their write-a-thon works with us, and we got three brave takers: Sandy Kleven, Nancy Deschu, and writing from ...
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JOYFUL NOISES AND SILENCES AT THE 10TH ANNUAL KACHEMAK BAY WRITERS’ CONFERENCE: A Guest Post by Eva Saulitis
The title of Rita Dove’s keynote address for the upcoming Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference is “Silence and Utterance: The Poet’s Life.” In a conference so ...
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LATE-BLOOMER, ARE YOU?: A Guest Post by Ken Waldman
During my fiddling poet performances, I sometimes mention I’m a quintessential late-bloomer, and ask if anybody in the audience can relate. Invariably a few hands ...
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Ela: 49 Writers Weekly Round-up
How are you celebrating National Poetry Month? We hope part of your plans include our FREE Synergies/Still North event, “Land Beyond Landscape: Honoring Alaskan Poetry” ...
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Andromeda: Found in translation — another way into poetry
I tend to emerge from sleep after a series of fretful, boring, or forgettable dreams, mentally muttering a list of the day’s anxieties or errands. ...
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Andromeda: Raven Write-a-thon wrapup
Congrats, all you Raven Write-a-thon Writers, at least 44 strong, including some great Mears Middle Schoolers as well as former Alaskans — from as far ...
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