Since many of the posts on 49 Writers refer to regionalism (“Alaskan writing”) or genre designation (“nature writing”), I’ve long been curious about the emphasis that contributors to and readers of the blog place on author identity. Most Alaskan writers, at some point or another, have to answer questions relating to place of birth, place […]
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We might still be waiting for snow here in Anchorage, but that’s not stopping the 2009 Mushing History Conference, bringing together authors, historians, researchers, writers, veteran mushers and supporters of the colorful history of sled dog travel. In addition to several well-known mushers, speakers and presenters will include Jane Haigh of Kenai, author of Gold
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Wow. What a week. Dana Stabenow inks a deal with Evergreen Films toward a TV series featuring her Aleut PI, and Joan Kane earns a hugely prestigious Whiting Award. Front page of the Anchorage Daily News, two days running. Of course we covered the big news for Dana and Joan, too. Well done, Alaskan authors.
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We’re eagerly awaiting our own upcoming interview with Alaska poet Joan Kane, but we can understand why she’s a little busy today, as the secrecy veil lifts over receipt last night of a coveted $50,000 Whiting Writers Award. New York magazine had this to say about the prize, which was awarded to ten writers and
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Whether you’re a Fairbanks author or visiting Fairbanks for the ASLA conference, we’d love to have you join us for another 49 Writers no-host face-to-face this Saturday, October 17 at 9 p.m. at the Westmark’s Red Lantern lounge. An RSVP would be great (debv@gci.net), but if you don’t get around to it, feel free to
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This week I got to part of “a select group of artists” asked to participate in the Artists and the Economic Recession Survey. Conducted by Leveraging Investments in Creativity (LINC), a ten-year national initiative to improve conditions for artists and supervised by Princeton Survey Research Associates International, the survey asked about how this year compared
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