Did you read Elise Patkotak’s column this week in the Anchorage Daily News? She writes, “There was a time when I thought John McCain really was a different kind of politician, one who would put his country above his personal desire for grandeur. I stopped thinking that the day he announced Sarah Palin as his […]
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Anne Coray and Marybeth Holleman agreed to take turns answering questions about their environmentally-focused anthology, new from University of Alaska Press. They have lots of events set up, not only in Anchorage, but across the state. (See bottom for details.) As we all know, Alaska is big in the news right now. There couldn’t be
I sat down with Anchorage nature writer Bill Sherwonit at a local coffee shop a few weeks ago. He was just back from a 10-day solo trip in the Brooks Range, during which his tarp and tent had been “investigated” by an unseen grizzly — just one detail on an sometimes quiet and contemplative, sometimes
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Sherry Simpson’s new book is THE ACCIDENTAL EXPLORER: Wayfinding in Alaska (Sasquatch Books). She wanted to call it “A Nuisance to Myself and Others,” a title that hints at the kind of misadventures, as well as the self-deprecating tone, found within. Simpson, a long-time essayist, reporter, and UAA creative writing prof, explains via her website
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If you live in Anchorage, you probably recognize Barbara’s voice from the radio, and remember her Daily News columns, which ran for 8 years. She has also written and acted in two one-woman shows, and has written travel essays, including one about a waterpark adventure that was selected for The Best Women’s Travel Writing 2007.
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He is a former newspaperman, a current State Legislator, and a novelist with a third mystery released, as of August 14: Mike Doogan, thanks for taking part in our very first Q & A. SKELETON LAKE : A NIK KANE ALASKA MYSTERY is a police procedural woven with three chronological strands, in the 1960s, 1980s,
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