In “The Unpassing,” an immigrant story set in Alaska explodes both American and Alaska myths
Book review: In this first novel by Chia Chia Lin, an immigrant Taiwanese family living near Anchorage in the 1980s confronts isolation and possibility.
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These books will keep kids reading this summer - and discovering Alaska in the process
These books are a great way to introduce children in Alaska and beyond to our state and its many cultures and wonders.
Searing account takes readers into one family’s experience of schizophrenia and homelessness in Anchorage
Book review: Marin Sardy’s “The Edge of Every Day” should open a wide window into the reality of people coping with mental illness.
In 'To the Edges of the Earth,’ a look at the people who pushed human exploration to its limits
Book review: 1909 was a climactic year for great accomplishments at the global extremes, historian Edward J. Larson tells us in his history of that year’s events.
‘Look at the bird’: Ornithology and family history intertwine in ‘Blackbird Flying’
Sheila Nickerson chooses to observe the world around her with all the attention she can bring to it, and to use as her guides some of the early explorers and naturalists she’s researched along the way.
Disappearance of an Alaska Native executive is at the heart of a new mystery set in Anchorage
Book review: “Hemlock Needle,” by Keenan Powell, is the second mystery novel in a series featuring recovering alcoholic and former public defender Maeve Malloy.
Bears are coming for you, says humorist and ‘Bearmageddon’ expert
Book review: According to author Ethan Nicolle, the bears are out and there’s no escaping them.
‘Storm on Our Shores’ tells true story of two men whose fates collided at the Battle of Attu
Journalist Mark Obmascik, best known for “The Big Year,” takes readers into the experience of the fierce three-week-long battle on Attu in May 1943, which resulted in the deaths of 3,000 Japanese and 529 Americans.
‘Wildcat Women’ spotlights trailblazers in Alaska’s Arctic oil fields
Book review: Carla Williams gives readers a sense of what it was like to be there during the most tumultuous cultural and economic shift in the state’s history, from the perspective of those who were making their own history.
Riveting volume of poetry tells stories of students and educators
“You Are No Longer in Trouble” should be read not just by those who love language and poetry but widely by educators, parents, and anyone who works with young people in any capacity.
For national poetry month, 3 Alaska poets shine
New works by Mar Ka, Carrie Ayagaduk Ojanen and Kim Cornwall remind us of the power of poetry and the necessity of maintaining it.
Embracing independence, and the challenges of long-distance sled dog racing, in new memoir
Book review: “This Much Country” by Kristin Knight Pace joins a strong run of books by adventurous Alaska women.
Aliens, angels and perhaps the end of days in ‘Upon this Rock’ sequel set in fictional McCarthy
If you think the actual Pilgrim saga was strange, try adding space aliens, zombies, and demons to the mix. That’s just the start of what David Marusek has done with a series that has to be the weirdest Alaska story ever.
In ‘The Sun Is a Compass,’ a journey of 4,000 miles and the steps it took to get there
Who in her right mind would choose the kind of extreme adventuring that Anchorage resident Caroline Van Hemert and her husband Patrick Farrell endured? That thought is swept away by gratefulness that they did.
Book review: Gas tank empty, the Bush plane went down — but was it an accident or murder?
The Nathan Active series is the best thing going right now in Alaska mystery writing, and “The Big Empty” is one of the best episodes yet.
The latest Alaska Quarterly Review offers a remarkable richness of voices in prose and poetry
Alaska Quarterly Review continues to attract and publish excellent writing from all over.
Peggy Shumaker’s ‘Cairn’ unpacks a life lived in poetry
The subtitle, “New and Selected Poems and Prose,” only hints at what is contained within these pages: a career retrospective tracing her pathway to now, and work moving in new directions.
A ‘hope-free’ journalist brings his mountain love to our disrupted climate
A reader seeking a single book about the current state of our warming world should find “The End of Ice” an ideal summary.
In new novel, teens fight for survival in a dystopian future Alaska
In keeping with his first book, Paul Greci’s “Wild Lands” is at heart the story of a young man coming into adulthood through the process of survival.
The story of Alaska’s oldest shipwreck makes fascinating reading
The story about decades of efforts to find the wreck of the Kad’yak is rich in details and personalities, and will absorb anyone with a taste for adventure — especially those with an interest in Alaska’s early history.