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Ladder of Cranes

Sexton Tom

ISBN: PB: 9781602232570, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, March 2015
60 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

Whether watching men releasing caged birds at dawn in New York City or a ladder of cranes rising from a field in Manitoba, Tom Sexton is a keen observer of the interconnectedness of the natural and human worlds. The former Alaska poet laureate takes...

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Poetry

Plash and Levitation

Tavel Adam

ISBN: PB: 9781602232617, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, March 2015
80 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

"Plash & Levitation" delves into the chaotic sublime of fatherhood, the candid revelations of youth, and the lingering consequences of history. Adam Tavel's revealing and imaginative poems are joined by fictional monologues from historical figures an...

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You Haven't Asked About My Wedding or What I Wore Poems of Courtship on the American Frontier

Harris Jana

ISBN: PB: 9781602232358, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, October 2014
160 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 28 halftones

"Nowhere / on these parchment leaves do I find / myself, my likeness, my name, / not a whisper – Cynthia – not one / breath of me". For thirty years poet Jana Harris researched the diaries and letters of North American pioneer women. While the nam...

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Fiction

Cold Spell

Vanasse Deb

ISBN: PB: 9781602232426, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, August 2014
224 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

With precise and evocative prose, "Cold Spell" tells the story of a mother who risks everything to start over and a daughter whose longings threaten to undo them both. From the moment Ruth Sanders rips a glossy photo of a glacier from a magazine, she...

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Fiction

Caribou Journey

Miller Debbie S.

ISBN: PB: 9781602230965, ISBN: HB: 9781602230972, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, July 2014
32 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 15 colour illus.

An imposing line of caribou stretches for miles across the frozen tundra of Alaska. The sound of clicking hooves echoes through the air as the herd follows its centuries-old migration route. With their thick coats and their padded, shovel-like hooves...

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Poetry

River of Light A Conversation with Kabir

Morgan John

ISBN: PB: 9781602232273, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, February 2014
68 pp., 17.7x21.6 cm, 13 colour plates

Surrender to a wild river and unexpected things can happen. Time on the water can produce moments of pristine clarity or hatch wild thoughts, foster a deep connection with the real world or summon the spiritual".River of Light: A Conversation with Ka...

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Poetry

Sailing by Ravens

Hughes Holly

ISBN: PB: 9781602232259, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, February 2014
100 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

From the moment of our first steps, our lives revolve around finding our way through the world. The paths we choose and the guides we trust can forever change our course. Mariner Holly J. Hughes has spent much of her life on the open sea, experiencin...

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Literary Criticism

City Beneath the Snow Stories

Kowalski Cole Marjorie

ISBN: PB: 9781602231559, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, March 2013
230 pp., 23x15 cm

The final collection of stories by award-winning writer Marjorie Kowalski Cole, "The City Beneath the Snow" is a portrait of contemporary Alaskans, their interactions, and their foibles. These stories reveal the moral decisions that lurk at unexpecte...

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Fiction

Oil and Water A Novel

Evans Mei Mei

ISBN: PB: 9781602232006, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, February 2013
260 pp., 23x15 cm

What happens when the American dream collides head-on with a nation's dependence on fossil fuels? "Oil and Water", a novel by Mei Mei Evans, focuses on precisely this question. Starting with a star-crossed supertanker, a wayward fishing boat, and a w...

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Poetry

Ice Floe III

Gramse Shannon, Kirk Sarah

ISBN: PB: 9781602231917, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, November 2012
80 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

The third volume of the revived "Ice Floe" series, "Ice Floe III" features new and exciting works of poetry by authors from Alaska, Canada, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. All work is presented in both its original la...

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