In new memoir, a Jamaican-American girl comes of age in Anchorage
Book review: Patrice Gopo grew up in Anchorage as the daughter of Jamaican immigrants. In her memoir, she takes readers on a journey into the social and racial issues of our time.
Books
Book review: From Anchorage to Fairbanks, infidelity and its aftermath
Book review: The opening story of "In the Quiet Season," by Anchorage author Martha Amore, finds a couple whose marriage has taken a deep self-inflicted wound.
In new book, stories of an Alaskan who learned to ride horses in order to explore Patagonia – solo
Book review: "Riding Into the Heart of Patagonia" is Nancy Pfeiffer's story of adventure, discovery and deep caring for the people of Patagonia she met along the way.
New book remembers black soldiers who endured racism, harsh environment to build a highway to Alaska
Book review: The husband and wife team of Christine and Dennis McClure have co-authored “We Fought the Road,” a recent, multifaceted history of the highway’s construction.
A veteran chronicles 12 years spent exploring Gates of the Arctic National Park – and passes along some pointers
“Gates of the Arctic National Park: Twelve Years of Wilderness Exploration” is part guidebook, part memoir, part introduction to the park and part thank you to those who have helped make author Joe Wilkins’ Arctic dream come true.
In 3 photography books, visions of an ice-covered north, fast disappearing
Book review: "The Arctic Melt," "Ilulissat" and "Ice is Black" are works that strive to save for posterity images of a world disappearing in real time.
In ‘To the Ends of the Earth,’ an ambitious attempt to encompass era of polar exploration
Book review: Independent historian John V.H. Dippel has attempted to write an all-encompassing work that explores the psychological and sociological settings under which expeditions set out from Europe, and later America, to map the final extremes of the planet and reach its two poles
In ‘Kings of the Yukon,’ paddling 2,000 miles to witness what’s left behind when salmon runs falter
Book review: Adam Weymouth paddled 2,000 miles of the Yukon River for the purpose of learning about the river’s king salmon and the people and communities that depend upon them.
What made the hollowed out ‘fire trees’ of the Tongass? An artist turns investigator to find an answer
Book review: Sprinkled throughout the Tongass are giant cedar trees with hollowed out cores at their bases - big enough to walk into. Artist Mary Ida Henrikson set out to learn what made them and why they are there.
Anchorage novelist tells a gothic tale set among dog mushers in Interior Alaska
Book review: When, in the first pages, a strange man, “tall as a tree and blotting out the rest of the woods,” barrels into 17-year-old Tracy and knocks her unconscious, the questions begin.
Anchorage Museum takes a broad look at northern life in ‘North: Finding Place in Alaska’
Book review: "North" employs words and accompanying images to offer perceptions on what it is to be an Alaskan, how life here differs from elsewhere, and to ponder what the future holds.
A New Yorker blends deep historical research into his personal, peculiar journey in ‘Tip of the Iceberg’
Book review: Alaskans are rightfully skeptical when writers from Outside arrive in our state to tell the story of “the last frontier.” It's a real pleasure to discover a book that defies that expectation.
‘Finding John Rae’ imagines inner life of Arctic explorer who discovered the Franklin expedition’s grisly fate
Book review: By all measures he was a hero. But when John Rae wrote that he had been told Sir John Franklin’s men had resorted to cannibalism, he crossed a line Victorian England would not allow to be breached.
In ‘A Wild Promise,’ an Alaska wilderness area in limbo and a book with a mission
Book review: "A Wild Promise" aims not only to share an amazing place with readers but to advocate for its protection.
In 2 volumes of poetry, contemporary Alaska comes to vivid life
From the joy of moose hunting to the pain of drug addiction and an ode to the Sawzall, work by Julie Hungiville LeMay and David McElroy show that poetry in the Far North is thriving.
In national bestseller ‘The Great Alone,’ emotions ring true where Kachemak Bay setting doesn’t
Book review: There are definitely elements that will remind Alaska readers of reality television shows based here. But there's a more serious, and perhaps truer storyline in the book.
‘Baby Raven Reads’ series of Alaska children’s books are a treasure worth sharing
Book review: While primarily targeted at young Alaska Native children, these books are delightful and offer a wonderful introduction to the ancient cultures of Alaska and the Canadian coast.
Kim Rich returns to her Alaska roots with sequel to ‘Johnny’s Girl’
Book review: The now-classic tale "Johnny's Girl" tells Kim Rich's childhood growing up in the underworld of Anchorage in the 1960s and '70s. "A Normal Life" picks up where that book left off.
Comic novel takes on independence in the climate-challenged state of Vermont
Review: Bill McKibben’s novel celebrates free spirits, small-town friendliness, local commerce, radio, and winter.
A fishing captain finds unexpected friendship in ‘Colors of the Morning Sky’
Book review: The fusion of place-based writing and art is the sort of thing a small regional publisher like McRoy & Blackburn is perfectly suited for.