Richard Dauenhauer and Nora Marks Dauenhauer take questions about their work. Our thanks go to Alaska State Writer Laureate Nora Marks Dauenhauer and former Poet Laureate Richard Dauenhauer for their most enjoyable reading last Friday at the UAA/APU Consortium Library. Selections covered the full range of their work, from Nora’s ever-popular “How to Make Good …
Big Changes are afoot at Cirque – A literary journal for the North Pacific Rim. We are pleased to share these latest updates straight from current editors Mike Burwell & Sandra Kleven, cirquejournal@yahoo.com A New Editor: Between Issue #5 (Winter Solstice December 2011) and Issue #6 (Summer Solstice, June 2012) many changes have come down in the …
“The darkness of winter is a great backdrop for the inner landscape of the imagination.” Zack Rogow “It’s that permission to go into the interior that winter–at its best–is about.” Mike Burwell “A mindfulness happens in deep cold. We have to pay attention or we can be in deep trouble. That kind of urgency and …
Editor’s note: The rest of the world may think its spring, but here at 49 Writers we’ve been saying (with a wink) that it’s not at all too late to have a (late) winter poetry discussion. Just look outside at the snow! Thanks once again to Sandra Kleven for pioneering and producing this wonderful online …
Vivian Faith Prescott: Time for Poetry This Sunday Read More »
Thank you, thank you, thank you for your outpouring of support in response to our annual appeal! We so appreciate your help in sustaining and growing our programs for Alaska’s literary community. If you haven’t given yet, there’s still time – our appeal ends May 31. Just fill in the amount of your gift and click …
Unalaska seems to be blessed with more than its share of dedicated readers. We had one book bag order at the beginning of the week, and then three more yesterday. Thanks J.B. and S.T.! We’ve got a few more bags to go – really nearing the finish line, now! – so if you have been …
A reminder to writers in Southeast Alaska: 49 Writers is headed your way, and we’d love to meet with you at one of our no-host Writers Gatherings. Come catch the excitement, tell us about your writing, and share ideas about how we can better serve your area. In Ketchikan: Monday, Nov. 15, 4:30-5:30 pm at The …
“Inside you is an artist you don’t know about… Is what I say true? Say yes quickly, if you know, if you’ve known it from before the beginning of the universe.” Rumi “ In the long journey out of the self, there are many detours, washed-out interrupted raw placesWhere the shale slides dangerously and the …
The Edge: Where Fear is a Friend – A Guest Post by Sandra Kleven Read More »
Many thanks to all who turned out for the David Vann reading at Metro Books last night. Now it’s on to Tutka Bay for our first 49 Writers Retreat! But as we all know, there’s no rest for the…well, let’s just say we’re keeping busy here at 49 Writers. Besides the awesome announcement this week …
One wrote a classic and controversial book on Alaska and has another, featuring former Governor Sarah Palin, in the works. The other’s Alaskan title is drawing huge interest and acclaim overseas. Sponsored by the 49 Alaska Writing Center, both authors are slated for readings at Metro Music and Books in Anchorage in the next two …
