Dear Friends: As you may know, UAA is facing very dramatic reductions. Please read about plans here. In the set of programs set for reduction is the deletion of the UAA Creative Writing MFA program, of which I am a part. However, these recommendations are not final. There is still time to voice your thoughts in […]
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David Stevenson, Director of the UAA Creative Writing & Literary Arts Low-Residency MFA Program Don’t miss this year’s Northern Renaissance Arts & Sciences Reading Series, which begins Sunday, July 14, 8pm at UAA’s Rasmuson Hall 101 with author Linda Hogan. View the reading schedule here. How long have you been working at UAA? I am
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While you’re enjoying your summer — and we hope you are! — 49 Writers is busy planning for a very literary fall, including the Tutka Bay Lodge retreat that we keep telling you about on our right sidebar. The registration is now officially open to the public, whether or not you are a writing center
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We asked lurkers to step forward, and here’s one of several who did: Vivian Faith Prescott, an Alaskan MFA poet writing to us from Puerto Rico. Before reading Vivian’s post, which arrived via email, I figured some folks refrained from commenting out of shyness. Now I’m thinking that perhaps a ‘comment’ is simply too limiting
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Above: Agent Kendra Marcus of Bookstop Literary will be in Fairbanks on Monday, March 1 for a FREE session with writers. RSVP requested. Details below. That old expression of March coming in like a lion resonates with our writing community this year. March 1 is the opening day of our 49 Writers online book club
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At the post office, I take all the clothing catalogs directly from my box to the recycling bin, to avoid unnecessary temptation. I may need a new pair of boots, but I can’t afford them presently, thanks to some recession-era realities that have hit my home. And yet, I certainly didn’t recycle this month’s tempting
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As you head off to the Book Festival and the Kachemak Bay Writers Conference and the Last Frontier Theater Conference next week, remember that we’re looking for reports from attendees to share with our readers – maybe a wrap-up from a great session, inspiration imparted, or just your thoughts and musings. Send your contribution to
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Short post today, as I’m trying to get some offline writing done (I know you forgive me). But speaking — yesterday — of conferences, Kathy Tarr at the UAA CWLA low-res MFA program reminds me that among the many excellent writers converging in Anchorage this July will be John Keeble, one of several visitors who
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