I first encountered the name Lael Morgan in a copy of an old letter to Lael on my Aunt Betsy’s desk. In the letter my aunt had praised Lael’s book And the Land Provides: Alaskan Natives in a Year of Transition for its vivid and empathetic portrayal of native life in rural Alaska at the […]
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Lael Morgan and Deb Vanasse share publishing advice What a wonderful turnout at last night’s Resolve to Write event in Anchorage, despite the dodgy weather. It was a pleasure to meet so many new members–membership has been growing in leaps and bounds with 14 new members since the first of the year (more than half
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Today is the day! Registration is now open for our fall classes in Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Palmer. We may yet add some to the schedule and will announce them as details are finalized. Check here and on the website for the latest information. Here’s a quick roundup of topics and instructors: · Thriving in the
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Don’t mind that little snow squall in Southcentral yesterday; spring really is on the way, with summer close at hand. And no fooling, we’re celebrating with Susan Orlean’s “To Tell the Truth” Crosscurrents onstage conversation tonight, April 1 at 7 p.m. at the Anchorage Museum Auditorium (free to members; $5 suggested donation for non-members). And
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April is bursting with events, from our April 1st Crosscurrents event (only a week away) with Susan Orlean of Orchid Thief fame: “To Tell the Truth: Writing People and Place”, at the Anchorage Museum at 7 pm; to our April 16th poetry event in the Synergies Series: “Land Beyond Landscape” with poets John Morgan and
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Are you ready for our very first, not-to-be-missed Raven Write-a-thon? The event is a month away, but registration and pledge-gathering starts Monday – be among the first and help us rally support for our main fundraiser of the year. Participants are challenged to write for 4.9 hours at Snow City Café in Anchorage on Friday,
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Continuing our series of 49 Writers Publisher Interviews, we check in with Kent Sturgis, president and publisher of Epicenter Press, Inc. Sturgis is a two-term former president of the Independent Book Publishers Association, a national trade organization. He was born and raised in Fairbanks, where he edited the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner during the pipeline boom.
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