It was a pleasure to have the opportunity to convey our thanks at last night’s volunteer appreciation event to the amazing 49 Writers volunteers who together donated more than 1,750 hours to the organization in the last 12 months. If you get the chance, do thank them personally for their contribution—their dedicated assistance means we […]
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Can we ever own the land–or does the land instead possess us? That’s the question posed in the jacket copy of Kris Farmen’s novel The Devils’ Share, published by McRoy Blackburn of Fairbanks. Set in the Wrangell-St. Elias wilderness, it’s the story of a young man named Jack who “faces the dangers hidden behind both
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As part of our ongoing series of interviews with Alaska’s literary organizations, we bring you this interview with Connie Huff of Alaska Professional Communicators, with thanks to volunteer interviewer Stephanie Jaeger. Can you tell us about the history of APC? Alaska Professional Communicators was originally called Alaska Press Women. Alaska Press Women was founded in
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Purely Alaska is an anthology of 32 stories from diverse areas of Alaska. These stories are unique because most are told by the Alaskans who experienced them. An Inupiaq elder recalls a reindeer drive across northern Alaska in the 1930s during which she gave birth to two children and buried one. A young man recalls
