This collection of poetry is inspired by the author’s lineage as an Inupiaq Eskimo woman with family from King Island and Mary’s Igloo, Alaska. The poems’ syncopated cadences and evocative images br
Gillnetter, mariner, and naturalist Holly Hughes has experienced first-hand the practical and philosophical consequences of navigating difficult waters. In Sailing by Ravens, she gathers wisdom gained
River of Light: A Conversation with Kabir is a book-length poem that takes the reader on a week-long raft trip down a wild river in southcentral Alaska. Regional wildlife inhabit the poem’s world, an
“People break my heart. Every single one of them does.” In settings that range from rural fishing communities to the urban capital, the stories ofCabin, Clearing, Forest are a lyrical road map to the
The public image of Alaska for those who live elsewhere tends to be bound up with the outdoors. But while that’s not necessarily false, it’s a far from complete picture. This collection of stories sho
What happens when the American dream collides head-on with a nation’s dependence on fossil fuels??Oil and Water, a novel by Mei Mei Evans, focuses on precisely this question. Starting with a star-cros
Russian, German, Tlingit. Like the languages he translates, Richard Dauenhauer’s poetry offers unexpected surprises. A prolific translator who also works in Finnish, Swedish, and classical Greek, he h
With precise and evocative prose, Cold Spell tells the story of a mother who risks everything to start over and a daughter whose longings threaten to undo them both. From the moment Ruth Sanders rips
