If Alaskans have complained in the past that we’re overlooked by the rest of the nation – the old “Can you use American currency there?” and “Do you need a passport?” routines – we’ve got no business complaining now. Palin as VP pick; Palin as soon-to-be grandma (mom yet unwed); Palin target of legislative investigation; […]
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S. Bishop of Homer is the winner of the Sept. 1 drawing. Thanks for your comments, S., and please email me at andromeda@romanolax.com so I can send you your prize: Title Wave certificate (which can be used for phone orders or in-store visits), Kaladi gift card, or paperback edition of THE SPANISH BOW. We’ll have
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Sarah Palin, with whom John McCain rocked the political world yesterday, has a story that is quintessentially Alaskan: from hockey mom to VP nominee. (Note to Karl Rove: Hockey moms don’t play hockey; their kids do.) McCain hopes you’ll think Sarah’s just like Obama. She’s living the dream in a country where anything can happen.
My husband Brian reminded me today, a day when we found it impossible to focus on anything else, that Alaska science fiction writer David Marusek (whom I have mentioned in a recent post, shown at left) wrote a short story about an Alaskan vice president, called “Cabbages and Kale or: How we downsized North America”
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In all my excitement over politics this week (late night electioneering and convention watching every night) and now this latest Sarah news, I almost forgot that I’m a writer, too. With a book to sign, tomorrow. If you’re heading north (perhaps for the Alaska State Fair?) stop by Fireside Books in Palmer from 10:30 to
It’s a slim book and more general than critical, but Kaylene Johnson’s biography of Sarah, published this spring by Epicenter, will no doubt get a major boost from the news as well. Here is the direct link to Epicenter’s page on the book. We know that Ms. Johnson wrote the book in record time, at
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Woken up this morning by an eastcoast time zone call to tell us that Sarah was picked as McCain’s VP. It’s like hearing that your own cousin was chosen. Emails humming with subject lines that say “OMG.” But this is a litblog, not a general blog, so let me point you toward some Alaska writers
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Alaska’s governor Sarah Palin is the talk of the nation. Just a few weeks ago, I spotted Kaylene Johnson’s book, Sarah: How a Small-Town Mom Turned Alaska’s Political Establishment on Its Ear on the remainder table at a local bookstore. I’ll bet they move it front and center first thing this morning. When I typed
Publisher’s Weekly reports that the Rocky Mountain News is commissioning short stories from some of the state’s best authors to celebrate Denver’s sesquicentennial. Among them is Pam Houston, one of my personal favorites. The stories celebrating Colorado will be published weekly on Tuesdays from now through the end of the year. How about it, Alaska?
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Sherry Simpson’s new book is THE ACCIDENTAL EXPLORER: Wayfinding in Alaska (Sasquatch Books). She wanted to call it “A Nuisance to Myself and Others,” a title that hints at the kind of misadventures, as well as the self-deprecating tone, found within. Simpson, a long-time essayist, reporter, and UAA creative writing prof, explains via her website
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