The morning of the memorial celebration and potluck for Eva Saulitis, the beloved Alaskan writer, biologist, and writing teacher who died of cancer in January at the age of 52, I imagined she’d be there signing copies of her last book—printed just before her death—Becoming Earth. I pictured her sitting at a folding table on […]
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One of my favorite lines on craft comes from Rebecca Solnit: “Any subject is a good enough starting point to travel any distance, toward any destination.” Actually, she was speaking about Thoreau’s practice of giving his politics and his leisure time equal narrative weight, of balancing berry picking with jail time, but the metaphor lends
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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,
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Throughout the next few months, we’ll be featuring excerpts of writing by Alaskans who’ve been published in Alaska Quarterly Review. AQR is published by the University Alaska Anchorage and is without a doubt one of the nation’s best literary magazines, as noted by The Washington Post Book World. Each issue of AQR is rich with
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Crosscurrents Southeast, featuring Alaskan authors Sherry Simpson (right) and Ernestine Hayes, is coming your way! Combining our popular Crosscurrents on-stage conversation with a creative writing workshop, 49 Writers is pleased to be bringing this program to Juneau, Sitka, Ketchikan, and Craig in September 2014. In Juneau, Sherry Simpson will also give a reading at Douglas Public
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Courting Lightning Carol captures yours truly note-taking furiously This plenary session on inspiration and creating a writing life was moderated by Erin Coughlin Hollowell and featured panelists Kwame Dawes, Lee Martin, Eva Saulitis, and Sherry Simpson. Lee Martin kicked off the conversation by asserting that he believes more in perspiration than inspiration. However, there’s always
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49 Writers guest blogger Mei Mei Evans (Oil and Water), a University of Alaska Press Alaska Literary Series author Alaska Book Week (October 5-12) had its most successful year yet! In an unprecedented show of support, schools, libraries, publishers, bookstores, writers, and reading circles from Nome to Kodiak brought energy and awareness to Alaska’s burgeoning
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We’re happy to report a successful Crosscurrents in Kodiak last weekend, with good attendance at all three events featuring Homer author Eva Saulitis (despite beautiful weather and whale watching opportunities). We are immensely grateful to our wonderful local partners, Kodiak College and the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, and to local author Sara Loewen for not
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We are proud to announce another Crosscurrents literary weekend, coming up April 28 and 29 in Kodiak. Thanks to support from the Alaska Humanities Forum and our amazing local partners, Kodiak College and the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, 49 Writers is bringing Eva Saulitis (Into Great Silence) to Kodiak for a series of events that
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Thank you to everyone who contributed to the planning of our successful Reading & Craft Talk last week featuring Eva Saulitis. We were glad of the opportunity to collaborate with AQR and, as always, enjoyed the hospitality of Great Harvest Bread Company while appreciating the event coordination by Lucian Childs behind the scenes. Thanks also
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