I actually tried, like a fool, not to attend the Kachemak Bay Writers Conference this year. McCarthy, Alaska is a long way from Homer. Fourteen hours of driving each way, barring calamity, distraction, or accident. Too far, I told myself, too much time away from my summer habitat, too many books I would buy, I […]
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1. Orientation- finding A way, not THE way to the end of the road, to McCarthy and then the way beyond bridges, backpacks, wagons bears, soap berries, bears, black ones moving across a river running upstream unrivering, returning to ice meat, groceries false promise where faded sign paint meets gray wood meet the old hardware
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When summer arrives, we Alaskans tend to head out of the city for the weekend to make the most of our long hours of daylight. But before you finalize your plans, remember these upcoming one-time opportunities from 49 Writers: On Friday, July 20, 1:00-4:00 pm and Friday, July 27, 1:00-5:00 pm, Erin Wahl will be
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Please join me in thanking Cinthia Ritchie for taking over the weekly roundup duties while Ela Harrison Gordon is on hiatus – we greatly appreciate her offer to help out. It seems appropriate, therefore, to start off by congratulating Cinthia on her 2012 Rasmuson Foundation Individual Artist Award! Cinthia is one of four artists who
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