Celebrating the launch of North of Hope: A Daughter’s Arctic Journey published to acclaim earlier this year, Margot Case sits down with Shannon Huffman Polson to discuss the trickiness of memoir, writing place, and sharing deeply personal stories with the world. Enjoy a conversation around weaving narrative threads together, exploring what is unknown, and what risk is …
I write in the dark. I write with a pencil on a stack of Rite-In-The-Rain paper, awkwardly bound by wire. I write in an ugly printed scrawl. Huddled in my sleeping bag, I write to the accompaniment of my husband’s snores, and my childrens’ gentle sleeping breaths. I write to the hiss of blowing snow …
Our friends at 49 Writers: Collaborative Reflections & Book News By and About Alaskan Authors are starting to celebrate their upcoming six month anniversary. Congratulations! Of course, six months on the internet is not exactly a lifetime, but in our book world, it ain’t sytrofoam peanuts! We love what you do and hope to see …
