Pop-Up Poetry Workshop: Unbalanced, but stable with Toya Brown Saturday, September 17, 2022 2 PM - 5 PM AKDT Mountain View Library 120 Bragaw St. Anchorage, AK 99508 Free and open to the public! This workshop was made possible through a grant from Alaska State Council on the Arts. Co-sponsored by the Anchorage Library. Please […]
LIVE FROM STORYKNIFE September 20 | 6 PM – 7 PM AKDT Via Zoom Live from Storyknife is a monthly reading series featuring the guest residents of the Storyknife Writers Retreat. Carolyn Forché's most recent poetry book, In the Lateness of the World, was published in 2020 by Penguin Press and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. […]
Oh the Places We Go: Writing the Place-Based Essay or Story with Daryl Farmer Wednesdays, September 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2022 7 PM - 8 PM AKDT Via Zoom $70 Members | $85 Non-Members This class takes place on more than one date (September 7, 14, 21 & 28) but must be registered for […]
FALL 2022 LUIS ALBERTO URREA READING IN HOMER This year’s featured instructor for the annual Tutka Bay Writers Retreat will present a reading in Homer the evening before the retreat. Thursday, September 22 | 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM Pioneer Commons, Kachemak Bay Campus 533 East Pioneer Ave. Homer, Alaska Co-sponsored by the Kachemak Bay […]
12th annual 49 Writers Tutka Bay Writers Retreat featuring acclaimed author Luis Alberto Urrea. September 23-25, 2022 at Tutka Bay Lodge. Luis Alberto Urrea, a Guggenheim Fellow and Pulitzer Prize finalist, is the author of 18 books, winning numerous awards for his poetry, fiction and essays. Born in Tijuana to a Mexican father and American […]
FALL 2022 LUIS ALBERTO URREA READING IN ANCHORAGE This year’s featured instructor for the annual Tutka Bay Writers Retreat will present a reading in Anchorage the evening after the retreat. Monday, September 26 | 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM Wilda Marston Theater at Z.J. Loussac Library 3600 Denali St. Anchorage, AK Co-sponsored by Title Wave […]
Oh the Places We Go: Writing the Place-Based Essay or Story with Daryl Farmer Wednesdays, September 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2022 7 PM - 8 PM AKDT Via Zoom $70 Members | $85 Non-Members This class takes place on more than one date (September 7, 14, 21 & 28) but must be registered for […]
Experiments in Comedic Writing with Andrea Staats Mondays, October 3, 10, 17 & 24, 2022 6 PM - 8 PM AKDT Via Zoom $140 Members | $165 Non-Members This class takes place on more than one date (October 3, 10, 17 & 24) but must be registered for as a single class. Join playwright and […]
Experiments in Comedic Writing with Andrea Staats Mondays, October 3, 10, 17 & 24, 2022 6 PM - 8 PM AKDT Via Zoom $140 Members | $165 Non-Members This class takes place on more than one date (October 3, 10, 17 & 24) but must be registered for as a single class. Join playwright and […]
Experiments in Comedic Writing with Andrea Staats Mondays, October 3, 10, 17 & 24, 2022 6 PM - 8 PM AKDT Via Zoom $140 Members | $165 Non-Members This class takes place on more than one date (October 3, 10, 17 & 24) but must be registered for as a single class. Join playwright and […]
LIVE FROM STORYKNIFE October 18 | 6 PM – 7 PM AKDT Via Zoom Live from Storyknife is a monthly reading series featuring the guest residents of the Storyknife Writers Retreat. Ann Fisher-Wirth’s seventh book of poems, Paradise Is Jagged, is forthcoming from Terrapin Books in February. Her sixth book is The Bones of Winter Birds, and her […]
READING AND CONVERSATION SERIES: ELISHABA DOERKSEN Thursday, October 20 | 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM via Zoom Bio: Elishaba Doerksen is the oldest of fifteen children born to ex-hippies Robert and Kurina Hale—also known as Papa Pilgrim and Country Rose. She grew up in a dilapidated 341-square-foot log cabin in the Sangre de Cristo mountains of […]
Experiments in Comedic Writing with Andrea Staats Mondays, October 3, 10, 17 & 24, 2022 6 PM - 8 PM AKDT Via Zoom $140 Members | $165 Non-Members This class takes place on more than one date (October 3, 10, 17 & 24) but must be registered for as a single class. Join playwright and […]
Decolonize Writing with Gabriela Olmos Wednesdays, November 2, 9, 16 & 30, 2022 6 PM - 8 PM AKDT Via Zoom $140 Members | $165 Non-Members This class takes place on more than one date (November 2, 9, 16 & 30) but must be registered for as a single class. The voices of straight white […]
Decolonize Writing with Gabriela Olmos Wednesdays, November 2, 9, 16 & 30, 2022 6 PM - 8 PM AKDT Via Zoom $140 Members | $165 Non-Members This class takes place on more than one date (November 2, 9, 16 & 30) but must be registered for as a single class. The voices of straight white […]
Decolonize Writing with Gabriela Olmos Wednesdays, November 2, 9, 16 & 30, 2022 6 PM - 8 PM AKDT Via Zoom $140 Members | $165 Non-Members This class takes place on more than one date (November 2, 9, 16 & 30) but must be registered for as a single class. The voices of straight white […]
READING AND CONVERSATION SERIES: MARYBETH HOLLEMAN Thursday, November 17 | 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM via Zoom Bio: Marybeth Holleman’s latest book is the poetry collection tender gravity. She’s also author of The Heart of the Sound, co-author of Among Wolves, and co-editor of Crosscurrents North, among others. Her award-winning work has appeared in venues […]
Decolonize Writing with Gabriela Olmos Wednesdays, November 2, 9, 16 & 30, 2022 6 PM - 8 PM AKDT Via Zoom $140 Members | $165 Non-Members This class takes place on more than one date (November 2, 9, 16 & 30) but must be registered for as a single class. The voices of straight white […]
The Things We've Carried: An Evening with Alaskan Veterans Writer's Block Bookstore & Cafe 3956 Spenard Rd. Anchorage, AK (907) 929-2665 6 PM - 7:30 PM Moderated by Don Rearden. Join three Alaskan veterans to hear them read and discuss their work. USAF PJ. Master Sgt. Roger Sparks, best-selling author of Warrior’s Creed, who served […]
Decolonize Writing with Gabriela Olmos Wednesdays, November 2, 9, 16 & 30, 2022 6 PM - 8 PM AKDT Via Zoom $140 Members | $165 Non-Members This class takes place on more than one date (November 2, 9, 16 & 30) but must be registered for as a single class. The voices of straight white […]
