Just when I’ve decided I can’t read one more sentence about Sarah Palin, another Alaskan author pens an essay that gives me pause. Today it’s Scott Woodham’s “Why Sarah Didn’t Blink,” in The Alaska Dispatch. Pundits have been dissecting Sarah’s non-answer to Charlie Gibson’s question about the Bush doctrine. Ironically, what caused the non-answer is […]
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The talk of the publishing world this week: Boris Kachka’s article “The End,” in New York magazine. It’s a lengthy tome, but well worth the read. Kachka’s hardly the first to declare the end of publishing as we know it, but the fact that the business is dying a slow death can’t stop the funeral
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Did you read Elise Patkotak’s column this week in the Anchorage Daily News? She writes, “There was a time when I thought John McCain really was a different kind of politician, one who would put his country above his personal desire for grandeur. I stopped thinking that the day he announced Sarah Palin as his
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“I’ve lived in Alaska for ____ years.” Fill in the blank, the bigger the better. We’ve heard it often of late, especially as our rank and file have weighed in on the Palin candidacy. I invoke it myself, because in Alaska, years-in-state offer street cred. Where else do residents talk about everyplace else as “Outside”
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I know you’ve seen the image before, but I’m posting it BIG to celebrate the release, last week, of the paperback edition of my debut novel. Any of you who want to be virally helpful by telling potential readers about my novel, you will have earned my deepest gratitude. Word of mouth is everything these
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Still pondering that pesky distinction between fact and fiction? Never fear, the Truth Squad is here. Yes, according to KTUU and confirmed in the Alaska Dispatch, John McCain has sent his self-proclaimed Palin Truth Squad to set you straight on the ever-complicated details of Troopergate. You thought a bipartisan committee voted 12-0 back in July
Is Alaska really a big small town, as claimed by our governor and her party as they stump for a four-year stint in Washington? Who can argue the appeal of a small town, with its good and honest and hard-working people? Quintessential America. John McCain invoked it yesterday, as Wall Street was collapsing around its
Alaskans are the first to complain when people Outside don’t “get it right” about our state. But there’s a lot more than geography at stake as the line between fact and fiction blurs. We used to think we knew. Books from reputable publishers, newspapers (other than tabloids), and stuff filed as non-fiction in the library
Plenty again to round up this week. First, go to 49 Writers, No Moose, where blooger Andromeda Romano-Lax is launching the Equinox Book Club. John Straley’s The Big Both Ways is the club’s first pick. No long-term commitment, and you’ve got till November to read the first book. Mark your calendars for Kaylene Johnson, signing
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One last reminder: on Thursday, LIVING WITH WILDNESS author Bill Sherwonit will be at Title Wave at 7 PM. On Friday, many contributors to CROSSCURRENTS NORTH will be at the Anchorage Museum: Marybeth Holleman, Anne Coray, Mike Burwell, Ann Dixon, Jo Going, Kaylene Johnson, Steve Kahn, Joan Kane, Buffy McKay, Sue Pope, Libby Roderick, Eva
