Jul 20, 2010 | Blog
Ed Allen, one of the teachers here at UAA, ( a novelist and poet and English prof. from South Dakota) gave a talk on words the other day, and the way we use them. He spoke of what he called “fundamental rhymes.” Words, that for no known reason, go...Jul 19, 2010 | Blog
We had a field trip yesterday afternoon to the Anchorage Museum, and it was exciting to see an ivory heron necklace by Haines artist Debi Knight Kennedy in one display, and a large photo of our own Wayne Price paddling a Tlingit canoe in another. I showed everyone I...Jul 18, 2010 | Blog
In a workshop here at UAA’s creative writing residency in Anchorage yesterday, writer Ed Allen told us that he divides the world into two kinds of people: the ones who have written novels and the ones who haven’t. He reminded me of my dad, who used to say...Jul 16, 2010 | Blog
Here’s what I learned in my creative writing classes at UAA yesterday. Novelist Ed Allen (Mustang Sally) said: “In the beginning was the word…With no words we wouldn’t be human… Take the words more seriously than yourself.” Memoir...Jul 15, 2010 | Blog
When I was young we drove from New York to Western Pennsylvania every summer and spent weeks at my grandparent’s house. They lived in a big old house in a small Allegheny forest town. We picked huckleberries for pies and caught crayfish in the creek. It smelled...Jul 14, 2010 | Blog
Sorry I haven’t checked in more this week, I am in Anchorage at classes for my master’s degree in creative writing from UAA. It is like camp. They keep us busy from early morning to late at night with lectures and workshops and readings so we can’t...
