I laid down in bed early on Saturday, exhausted after a busy but memorable week without enough sleep. Instead of passing right out, though, my mind wouldn’t turn off. There’s plenty on it, lately, but I was surprised when the mental autopilot eventually swiveled to Roethke’s poem “The Waking”. It’s a villanelle that I love …
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. Family. Community. Support. 49 Writers, where Alaska’s writers gather. It has been a privilege to be among you, to speak to you each Monday and to help create opportunities for learning and communing. Thank you for your warm support. Thank you for being amazing writers, and more importantly, thank you for being amazing people. …
Alaskan writer and poet, Eva Saulitis passed away this weekend. Eva has touched almost every writer in the state in one way or another, through her writing, her teaching, her kindness, her support, her example of living completely and authentically. On Saturday, I watched as people grappled with her passing by posting memories on Facebook, …
So much pain and despair in the world, so much divisiveness. It is tempting to plunge into easy answers, to see the world filled with simple binaries – good and bad. But to do so robs us of the nuance that every situation is steeped in. When faced with the death of a friend or …
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It’s a gift, isn’t it? This chance we have to interact with our world in words. This chance to build connections between people, between cultures, between those mountains and this shoreline, between the moment when the trees are bare and the moment when the snow begins to fall. Saying It Saying it. Trying to say …
There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and there is only one of you in all time. This expression is unique, and if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium; and be lost. The world will not have it. It is not …
Good to see the rain finally found its way to Anchorage. It just didn’t feel right writing with the sun glaring off my laptop screen. This is why Miami has produced such few belles lettres. In Juneau, our next member event is on August 6 from 7-9 pm; again, members should watch for details via email. (Not a …
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There are a few more weeks left of summer, which means for a lot of us it’s crunch time to write, write, write before the demands of a new school year. If you aren’t bound to the academic calendar, lucky you! What that means is continue writing for the rest of us. But let’s not …
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Still inspired by Jeff Kleinman’s gracious visit to Alaska, thanks to David Stevenson and the UAA MFA program? Take advantage of this week’s menu of literary evens. In Juneau, our next member event is on August 6 from 7-9 pm; again, members should watch for details via email. (Not a member? Head over to our website to join.) And stay tuned …
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I hope you have all returned home inspired from last weekend’s Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference. For those needing more inspiration, we still have lots going on at 49 Writers. On July 23 at 7 pm, we’ll be hosting a special Crosscurrents event at the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson to celebrate the launch of the Anchorage …
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