I live and write on Lingít Aaní, and gratefully acknowledge the past, present and future caretakers of this beautiful place, the Jilkaat Kwaan and Jilkoot Kwaan.
Cops and Rabbits

Cops and Rabbits

"There is joy in all"--  from Welcome Morning, a poem by Anne Sexton.First let's get our bearings: 6:10 am. ...
Singers, Nesters and Friends

Singers, Nesters and Friends

“Come with rain, O loud southwester!/ Bring the singer, bring the nester/” – Robert Frost, from his poem “To a ...
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“Democracy! It’s glorious chaos,” the owner of the local paper observes. It’s testimony to Lende’s special gift that, in spite of the pain and sadness involved in her political adventure, she leaves her readers with that same conclusion.

Janet Brown, author and former bookseller (review from Shelf-Awareness).

 


A New York Times Bestseller

The L.A. Times called it “Part Annie Dillard, part Anne Lamott…”

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Lende writes emotionally but never sentimentally, giving us the best Alaska memoir of late, maybe the best ever.
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