This panel of celebrated Alaskan writers -
Annie Wenstrup,
Erica Watson,
Jeremy Pataky,
John Messick, and
Susanna Mishler - will explore how the state has shaped and defined their work. From drawing upon dramatic natural environments to representing local communities across the country’s largest state, these authors sketch portraits of a wild and wonderful Alaska in their writing. Join us for readings from their latest works and a conversation centered around place and belonging, disruption and climate change, and how to write about historical, political, and social ties to the land. Erica Watson’s writing bridges boundaries of the human nonhuman worlds and designated public lands, and John Messick has worked both on the page and in wildlands to cultivate and share a more sustainable environment. Annie Wenstrup, a Dena’ina poet and Indigenous Nations Poet Fellow, poems contain the lived experiences of an Alaska Native person and the histories of unresolved colonial violence in “an authorial reckoning with what remains.” Susanna Mishler is the author of
Termination Dust, a poetry collection which foregrounds Alaskan image and lyricism, which was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award. Jeremy Pataky, founder and publisher of Porphyry Press, the most remote book publishing company in North America, will lead the conversation.
*This event is virtual and will premiere on our
YouTube channel at the time scheduled above.
Here is the link!Purchase the authors' books via our official festival bookseller
Auntie's Bookstore!
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