Frank Soos teaches the Art of the Essay We were delighted by the announcement that Frank Soos has been selected to serve as the next Alaska Writer Laureate. Frank has worked with many of our writers over the last year, helping them to to develop their work and ‘the art of the essay.’ He has […]
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From Andromeda: I was all ready to go with a prewritten post today about the Permanent Fund Dividend (I will run it tomorrow). But how fitting; instead of talking about what Alaska gives us, we can think today about what a generous Alaskan gives back. If you’re a writer, “giving back” can mean encouraging writers
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Thanks to Charlotte at the Alaska State Council on the Arts for providing this interesting backstory as well as an opportunity to participate in nominating the state writer. And speaking of opportunity: the Council maintains an email list that it uses to inform writers of state arts news. If you have any doubt whether you’re
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While assembling an interview with Alaska State Writer Laureate Nancy Lord, author of our next 49 Writers online book club selection Rock, Water, Wild, I got to wondering: What has become of some of our former writer laureates? According to the Alaska State Council on the Arts website, the Alaska State Writer Laureate is an
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Nancy Lord is the author of three collections of short stories and three literary nonfiction books, FISH CAMP: Life on an Alaskan Shore, GREEN ALASKA: Dreams from the Far Coast, and BELUGA DAYS: Tracking a White Whale’s Truths. She settled in Homer, Alaska in 1973. I have to add a personal note, that I first
Breaking news, thanks to a blog-reader (not Nancy herself): long-time Homer resident and current UAA Creative Writing and Literary Arts faculty member Nancy Lord has been named the new Alaska State Writer, to take over from John Straley this fall. Lord is the author of three short story collections and three literary nonfiction books: FISHCAMP:
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