Each year the Alaska Library Association requests nominations for outstanding titles written by Alaskan authors and selects one recipient to be recognized with the Alaskana Award during the annual conference in March. The call typically catches my attention only for me to discover that whatever my latest read by an Alaskan author was not published … Continue reading 2018 Alaskana Award Nominations
I Think again of those ancient Chinese Poets
This review originally appeared in the Juneau Empire. I Think again of those ancient Chinese Poets: poems by Tom Sexton. 59 pages. University of Alaska Press, 2011. $14.95 Once again, former Alaska Writer Laureate Tom Sexton has produced a work that is simple yet eloquent, one that will lead you from your chair to a … Continue reading I Think again of those ancient Chinese Poets
Resolving, finally
Well I'm a month late and long overdue, but with all these folks resolving to write, I know it would do me some good as well. So here we go. Last time I required a kick in the ass to get back to the page I started writing about reading, keeping a journal of what … Continue reading Resolving, finally
National Poetry Month Pt. 1
For me, every month is poetry month, but at least once a year in April the rest of the world takes at least 30 days to pay tribute to the lasting impact language and poetry can have on our lives. I try to contribute a few posts each year in April to my muse and … Continue reading National Poetry Month Pt. 1
Shannon: a poem of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
"Who finds this body / Be it know / My name is George Shannon / & I bequeath my remains / To seed this land / With American bones." Covering a broad range of emotion and experience unique to the spirit of westward ambition, yet universal to our human needs for beauty, reverence and food, … Continue reading Shannon: a poem of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Jonas Lamb 