Marie Tozier’s new book, Open the Dark, is a lyrical guide to the life in Northwest Alaska experienced by the Iñupiaq poet and her family. It touches on themes that can be universally understood by the careful reader and on others that need the cultural context that Tozier’s poetry provides to be understood. Like most […]
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Systems Instead of Goals: Applying one of James Clear’s “Atomic Habits” rules to writing By Andromeda Romano-Lax I’ve been a goal junkie my entire life. I credit my goal-setting (so many words per day, so many pages per week) for my consistent publishing record. But James Clear, author of the bestselling Atomic Habits, recently made
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The Covid 19 pandemic continues to diminish opportunities for Alaska writers to get the word out about their work, The Alaskan Writers Series is an effort to help. Today, board member Dan Branch shares a profile of Clifton Bates, author of Like Painted Kites & Collected Work, published last year by Cirque Press. (This Bethel house
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To celebrate the tenth year of 49 Writers’ existence and this blog, we are reposting the work of earlier contributors. Today’s reposting was written by 49 Writers’ founding member, Andromeda Romano-Lax in July, 2011. She is the author of a nonfiction travel narrative and four novels, including Plum Rains, which was published in 2018. According to the
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In 2018, Vered Mares and partners opened the Writer’s Block bookstore and café’ in Anchorage, Alaska. It quickly became a vital gathering space for writers and artists. Also since 2018, Katie Bausler has hosted this 49 Writers forum for exploration and discussion with writers and artists in these challenging and changing times. We’ve reached a last straw in
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For the past three months, 49 Writers members have posted creative work written in reaction to the Corvid 19 pandemic. Some writers lifted the mood with humor, others wrote honestly about fears or sadness at being separated from family or friends. Today, John Kooistra sends us home with a poem reminding us that life will
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The Covid 19 pandemic is isolating Alaskan writers. We can no longer attend workshops or public readings. The coffee bars where we met with other writers are closed. To bridge these physical gaps, 49 Writers is providing this on-line forum for Alaskans writing the distance. Today’s poem and photograph are from Susan Soule. Time I used
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The Covid 19 pandemic is isolating Alaskan writers. We can no longer attend workshops or public readings. The coffee bars where we met with other writers are closed. To bridge these physical gaps, 49 Writers is providing this on-line forum for Alaskans writing the distance. Today, Shelly Burette-Taylor provides a poem and photograph. We will always
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The Covid 19 pandemic is isolating Alaskan writers. We can no longer attend workshops or public readings. The coffee bars where we met with other writers are closed. To bridge these physical gaps, 49 Writers is providing this on-line forum for Alaskans writing the distance. Today, Kate Boesser shares a poem and drawing. EACH DAY FIND
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The Covid 19 pandemic is isolating Alaskan writers. We can no longer attend workshops or public readings. The coffee bars where we met with other writers are closed. To bridge these physical gaps, 49 Writers is providing this on-line forum for Alaskans writing the distance. Today, Laura Ojeda Melchor shares a letter to her son. A
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