Yes, we loved the article in today’s Daily News about Adak-born David Vann, whose “Legend of a Suicide” will be featured in an upcoming online chat. If you’re a regular 49writers reader, you already know about Vann, who was a guestblogger for us in April 2009. We’re thrilled Vann is getting lots of positive attention — from the New Yorker, no less — and hopeful he won’t get too busy to come back to Alaska, the setting for his next novel.

Score one for the home team!