When Executive Director Morgan Grey asked how long I’d been helping with the blog at 49 Writers, I had to stop and count. Six years. This amazing statewide writing center got its start as a blog, and the blog remains one of its signature features. Accessible statewide, it’s a way for all of us to […]
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Thanks to all who turned out for our 49 Writers Open Mic and Volunteer Appreciation event last night, with special thanks to volunteers Eric Larson and Debbie Moderow for hosting. Good fun! And remember there’s open studio this Sunday, November 13, from 1 to 4 pm at the 49 Writers Café at Out North, 3800
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It’s the good work of our volunteers that allows us to provide so many opportunities for Alaska’s writers. Featured here is Hillary Walker, whose energy and enthusiasm is perfect for our WYAK Write Young Alaska effort. If you’d like to help out at 49 Writers, visit www.49writingcenter.org / Get Involved / Volunteer. We can especially
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Continuing our series of interviews with the great volunteers on whom we depend, meet our Interview Coordinator, Leslie Hsu Oh. Of course we can always use more help, including writers for the interview team and volunteers to help with our Alaska Book Week Oct. 15-22. If you’d like to be part of the 49 Writers
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For the last six months, our volunteers have kept this blog lively with roundup news, calendar updates, and great interviews; quietly done behind-the-scenes writing center work by registering class participants and helping with the devilish detals of bookkeeping and budgeting; made us look so much better thanks to stylish graphic design; cleaned and fixed and
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Meet writer and writing center volunteer Eric Larson, who not only scrapes and paints, but also helps us organize our complicated start-up finances. He’s one of the many 49 Volunteers we couldn’t live without, who will be occasionally profiled here and in our newsletter in the months and years ahead… My day-job/ something about me
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… future Eagle scout, that is. Ted Sturgulewski, a 17-year-old aspiring writer (from a family of writers!) and Boy Scout is dedicating some of his summer hours to building bookshelves for our Raven Place Book Nook, where donated Alaska books will be on display for perusing and purchase by guesthouse visitors. I was so charmed
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