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May

15

2023

Nobody Gets Out Alive by Leigh Newman

This spring has been one of the chilliest in decades, which might be why my thoughts have been turning toward the Arctic Circle. More likely, though, it’s because of the paperback re-release of Nobody Gets Out Alive, a debut book of fiction from Alaska native Leigh Newman. A collection of dazzling, courageous stories about women …

Apr

4

2013

Still Points North by Leigh Newman

“After a childhood spent shuttling between her ‘Great Alaskan Dad’ in isolated Anchorage and her ‘Great American Instant Coffee Single Mom’ in genteel Baltimore, Leigh Newman finds that her compass Still Points North. She shares her journey in a memoir filled with tales of surviving bears and flooded tents, as well as a mother whose insecurities …