tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996753044552511588.post1587134305139321151..comments2023-09-23T05:06:53.430-08:00Comments on 49 Writers: Sandra Kleven: Writing the Cultural RidgeAndromeda Romano-Laxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16988887975016816552noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996753044552511588.post-52930020749597091722014-12-13T11:39:42.452-09:002014-12-13T11:39:42.452-09:00There is more to mention in Rural Alaska Lit. Tom...There is more to mention in Rural Alaska Lit. Tom Kizzia is one writer, he's known for PILGRIM'S WILDERNESS, his most recent book, but an earlier book, THE WAKE OF THE UNSEEN OBJECT, which I read in the late '80s (as I recall) makes some interesting points. For instance, he talks about Lower and Upper Kalskag likening the distance between them to that between Rome and Constantinople. Later, I served that community (communities, I guess) and understood. The book list gets unwieldy even when operating from recall - as opposed to research. Among Nancy Lord's books(former Writer Laureate), GREEN ALASKA provides an incredible history of the 1899 Harriman Alaska Expedition and FISH CAMP, a tale of seasons in subsistence, is fun and personal (not her only books) and the list grows. Father Oleksa has written in the cultural exchange and since my first blog, writer and former teacher, Clif Bates, has written to describe some of the issues they took up together in CONFLICTING LANDSCAPES, AMERICAN SCHOOLING/ALASKA NATIVES. Didn't know the book, but have it on order, now. John Straley's most recent book COLD STORAGE, presents a fictional island community north of Juneau, with quirky folks, including a main character who is essentially a health aide. Well, back to preparing the next two 49 Writer's posts for December and to proofing a beautiful journal about to launch. Sandra Klevenhttp://www.cirquejournal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996753044552511588.post-74734487221890494692014-12-13T08:08:04.913-09:002014-12-13T08:08:04.913-09:00This great list would do well to include Ernestine...This great list would do well to include Ernestine Hayes' brilliant Blonde Indian, which is to my mind one of the best books about Alaska, Native or non.<br />Thanks Sandy.<br />CBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996753044552511588.post-52276662217524735452014-12-10T20:22:38.366-09:002014-12-10T20:22:38.366-09:00Sandy,
Thanks for that great reading list. I hope...Sandy,<br />Thanks for that great reading list. I hope others will add to it.<br />NancyNancy Lordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996753044552511588.post-63929103978138668322014-12-10T15:50:33.908-09:002014-12-10T15:50:33.908-09:00Great post, and postscript. There are so many Alas...Great post, and postscript. There are so many Alaskan stories that need to be told. If we wait for the "right" people to tell them, we'll lose some in the process. So my conclusion is that all Alaskan writers have the right and responsibility to tell the ones that speak to us, with as much respect as possible.Lynn Lovegreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18381497298898067525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996753044552511588.post-64469048217590475802014-12-10T10:23:15.510-09:002014-12-10T10:23:15.510-09:00Commenting on my own text by way of Post Script: ...Commenting on my own text by way of Post Script: Stories are waiting in Bethel, for instance. I do not know the half of this but here is what Walter Larson, of Bethel, said on the phone last night, “You know, we found the Sandy Bottom [our sunken boat, named for me, of course]. It is too damaged to fix but we could show you where it is. Yeah, it’s out near where they got Yugoslavian George. Around the island, near that straight slough. Yeah, he was the most wanted war criminal in the world at the time.” Walter does not know the guy's last name and my quick google search finds nothing with the key words Bethel, Yugoslavian, War Criminal. Sandy Bottom and Yugoslavian George somehow carry the same weight in Walter's telling. He says he could show it to me and I could sit on it. That would be, Sandy's bottom, sitting on the (shallowly sunken) Sandy Bottom, I joke. The rest of this intriguing story will also sit (or stir). "If you get his last name, call me, Walter." Sandra Klevenhttp://www.cirquejournal.comnoreply@blogger.com