The Question, and Something of an Answerby Nancy Lord So what does the state writer do? Since being appointed Alaska State Writer (or Alaska Writer Laureate) last October, this is definitely the question I’m most often asked. The simple answer is, whatever she or he wants. The aim generally is to promote Alaska writing and […]
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Have we mentioned lately how much we appreciate all of you readers? And not only because you send us great stuff for the round-up. But we do love that great stuff. For instance, Sundrose brings to our attention that Homer author Daniel Coyle’s new book The Talent Code is coming out soon, and he’s got
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One of the pleasures of travel is finding books related to the places we visit, thus enlarging our understandings of those places before, during, or after our visits. After visiting Kaktovik, I read Charles Brower’s memoir Fifty Years Below Zero—not specific to Kaktovik but a work that filled in, for me, some history of the
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by Nancy Lord I enjoyed Andromeda’s post of 1/28 regarding Alaska writing retreats, and the comments that followed. It happens that I’m at a writing retreat — colony, residency, whatever name you want to give it — right now. It also happens that (I’m quite sure of this) I’ve been to more writing retreats (15
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by Nancy Lord Recently, when I was in Kaktovik (for book research), someone told me I needed to read Fifty Years Below Zero, Charles Brower’s memoir of his life in the Arctic. In Kaktovik I’d met a number of Brower descendents and had my first experience with an Arctic winter—including spotting a polar bear and
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Rereading Ice Palace: Old Myths and New Context by Nancy Lord When I first arrived in Alaska in the early 1970s, I eagerly read everything I could about my new home. That meant that I read Jack London, Rex Beach, homesteader accounts, and Edna Ferber’s novel Ice Palace, published in 1958 and credited with helping
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Last week, I listened to two great author-lecture podcasts of about one hour each, thanks to UAA and the Northern Renaissance Arts & Science Series. Listening to them, I felt like I was getting a little piece of the grad-school experience without paying a cent or leaving the comfort of my kitchen. I devour craft
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Nancy Lord is the author of three collections of short stories and three literary nonfiction books, FISH CAMP: Life on an Alaskan Shore, GREEN ALASKA: Dreams from the Far Coast, and BELUGA DAYS: Tracking a White Whale’s Truths. She settled in Homer, Alaska in 1973. I have to add a personal note, that I first
She’s Nancy Lord, and already at the helm. She’ll also be writing a monthly guest-post for this blog, beginning next month. But before then: I’d like her featured here, and I’d also like some help coming up with creative, interesting questions. Here’s your chance to play the reporter. Make a question-suggestion this week by leaving
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Breaking news, thanks to a blog-reader (not Nancy herself): long-time Homer resident and current UAA Creative Writing and Literary Arts faculty member Nancy Lord has been named the new Alaska State Writer, to take over from John Straley this fall. Lord is the author of three short story collections and three literary nonfiction books: FISHCAMP:
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