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Literary Roundup | August 24-30, 2018

SOUTHCENTRAL ANCHORAGE | July-Sept, 2018 | 49 Writers presents Danger Close Alaska: programming meant to build a literary community of civilians and veterans. One night per month for six consecutive months (one remaining), Danger Close will focus on food, drink, discussion, and writing on different topics, shared between veterans and civilians. Click here for more …

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Poetic Conversation | Alaskan Poet Mary Kancewick interviews Lithuanian Poet Marius Burokas

Alaskan poet Mary Kancewick (writing now as Mar Ka) spent the month of July in Vilnius, Lithuania, “trying to improve my knowledge of the Lithuanian language and pursuing research connected to a creative non-fiction project about the effects of political oppression.” Lithuania was, the first of the Eastern Bloc Republics to announce its secession from …

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James Engelhardt | A poet with an editor’s lens

Guest blogger James Engelhardt will be participating in Poetry Solstice next week in Anchorage. It’s a celebration of three poets and their new work. Please join us for readings by James Engelhardt, Peggy Shumaker, and Erin Coughlin Hollowell on Tuesday, June 19 at The Writer’s Block Bookstore and Café in Spenard. The reading begins at …

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Statewide Alaska Reads Program 2017-18

Fairbanks Arts Association (Fairbanks, AK), in partnership with Alaska Center for the Book (Anchorage, AK), have announced that the featured selection for the 2017-2018 statewide Alaska Reads program is Steam Laundry, by Fairbanks poet Nicole Stellon O’Donnell. Alaska Reads is a biennial statewide reading program that features a selected publication by a living Alaskan author. …

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Guest Blogger Julie LeMay | Recommended Reads for National Poetry Month

Happy National Poetry Month! In honor of the occasion, I want to share a few books that I’ve read that you may have missed. These three collections stood out for me because of their surprising use of language. The first is Revising the Storm by Geffrey Davis (BOA Editions, 2014). This collection is the winner …

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