Editor’s Note: Thank you to Dan Henry for offering this remembrance of Carlin “Buckwheat” Donahue. Dan writes, “Buckwheat was the founder of many fine events (such as the Skagway Belly Bounce), but is remembered by writers for being a co-founder of the North Words Writers Symposium, now in its 11th year, in Skagway on May […]
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Northwords 2017: Discovering Paul Theroux By Katie Bausler and Amy O’Neill Houck, 49 Writers Board Members “All genuine knowledge originates in direct experience.” ~Mao Tse Tung (as quoted by Paul Theroux) Before we signed up for the North Words Writer’s Symposium, held the first weekend in June in Skagway, neither of us had read Paul
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North Words Writers Symposium wrapped up in Skagway recently. Jeff Brady, co-organizer, provides a vicarious look at this year’s conference. ~ JP The 8th annual North Words Writers Symposium in Skagway was the biggest yet. About 40 participants from all over Alaska and the Yukon were extolled by keynote author Paul Theroux to get out and
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Perhaps you’ve heard how this statewide organization, 49 Writers, got started. Two people who’d never before met—that would be Andromeda Romano-Lax and me—joined forces to encourage and promote the work of Alaska writers. North Words Writers Symposium followed a similar trajectory although, in truth, their origin story is even cooler than ours. Years ago, Skagway’s
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Spruce Tip Beer. A Haiku. A train, a glacier, a howl. A late night walk down a deserted main street. One white blossom set in the deep leaf of a rhubarb. And forty people who notice it. Faculty member Lynn Schooler with conference participants Maggie and Carolyn Just thinking about the North Words Writers
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Mary Roach Best-selling author Mary Roach launched her career by writing about wart surgery on elephants in the San Francisco Zoo. That, and her meticulous description of orgasms and pooping in space were the sorts of experiences that attracted the attentions of Skagway writer/publisher Jeff Brady and his pal, Buckwheat Donahue. Nearly three years ago,
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Our latest literary season comes to a formal close on June 2 with the last spring class, in Juneau, taught by 49 Writers co-founder Deb Vanasse. If you’re in the area and interested in learning more about exploring point of view in your writing, don’t miss “Perspectives and Viewpoints.” Click here for more information and to register.
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Thanks to Christine Byl for the excellent class last weekend on Lyric Tinkering: The Poem as a Tool for Prose Writers. Found poems are fun! We left with plenty of ideas for experimenting with different forms of poetry to find inspiration for our prose and felt encouraged to incorporate poetry into our writing lives in
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There’s still time to register for Christine Byl’s workshop tomorrow, Saturday, Feb. 15, 9am-1pm, “Lyric Tinkering: The Poem as a Tool for Prose Writers. Click here for more details and to register. In this class, you’ll explore the poem not as a final product but as a process and a tool, one that can sharpen,
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