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Readers will very much feel in conversation with the poignant and introspective works, and Alaska readers may especially find resonance with their own lives.
The turnout at Beauty and the Book’s grand opening this month demonstrates the growing popularity — and evolution — of the romance genre.
“What Makes Us Human” has so far been published in 22 languages, and Santos has been involved in a number of other projects centered on Indigenous languages.
“The North Line” is an all-engrossing, never-dull depiction of Alaska’s “wild west” and those drawn to it.
Amid the murder and mayhem of these mystery novels from beloved authors and some who are sure to become so, there’s history, far-flung locales — and even love.
Chemistry abounds in these new books, perfect to tear into at the beach, by the pool or in a lawn chair.
Theresa “Tiny” Devlin’s memoir offers an intimate look into an Interior life shaped by family and cultural values during a little-explored period of Alaska’s history.
Crime-fiction fans will find these novels as bracing as a plunge in the ocean.
Kirk’s book, “After the Gulag,” is unavailable in Russia, where the government is attempting to erase the system’s memory.
She was the first lifelong Canadian to win the Nobel Prize and the first recipient cited exclusively for short fiction.
“The Snow Fell Off the Mountain” is an invitation to readers to turn back the calendar and imagine for themselves what Alaska’s coastal life might have been like in a simpler, more slowly moving time, not that long ago.
Prolific Alaska historian Helen Hegener taps other writers and sources to help tell a story that is revealing of both its era and geography.
With fully realized characters and local flourishes, “Cold to the Touch” by Kerri Hakoda manages to provide more depth than many Alaska mysteries.
Kris Farmen has flown under the radar, but the first book in a trilogy is a showcase for the Fairbanks novelist and his finely crafted writing.
“Arctic Traverse” by Michael Engelhard is an exceedingly well-crafted work that combines travel with natural history, anthropology and cultural concerns.
The Ketchikan artist’s work has become iconic in Alaska, blending bold psychedelic colors, natural science, surreal sensibilities and, of course, humor.
In his book that acts as both a memoir and a photographic journal, David Boxley documents his journey as a carver in Metlakatla.
In “Rivers and Ice,” author Susan Pope’s account spans five generations of Alaskans, investigating what draws people to Alaska and also what draws any person into, away from, and back to family.
Kayaking from Vancouver Island to Alaska, author David Norwell documented his trip with both diary entries and watercolor paintings.
The works of three Alaskans are featured within the latest “Alaska Quarterly Review,” including poets Sara Eliza Johnson of Fairbanks and Mistee St. Clair of Juneau.
Their work is rooted in Indigenous cultures and northern themes, peppered with fantastical elements.
A teenage pregnancy is at the center of the young-adult novel “The One-Man Iris Davis Fan Club,” which features the continued enterprises of Alaskan protagonist Sam Barger.
Following up on his esteemed first novel “There There,” Orange has again brilliantly succeeded in enlarging and complicating what it means to be American.