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Writing on the Edge. An Alaska book reading and conversation.
Daily News article one Writing on the Edge:
https://www.adn.com/arts/books/2023/03/02/5-questions-for-david-james-editor-of-the-alaska-literary-collection-writing-on-the-edge/
"The book features contemporary fiction and nonfiction, with plenty of Alaska adventure. But it also includes urban stories like Mary Kudenov’s vignette of apartment life in Mountain View from “Threadbare” or Rob McCue’s tales of driving a taxi in Fairbanks in the middle of the winter in “One Water.”
“'It just sort of puts you in these places where it’s like, this is the everyday Alaska and not just climbing Denali, although that’s in there as well,” James said. “And it’s part of the sense that it can go to just incredible highs and incredible lows, and everything in between.'”
David James article about Lily Tuzroyluke's book, "Sivulliq." https://www.adn.com/arts/books/2023/02/25/book-review-a-historical-thriller-with-a-depth-of-perspective-sivulliq-is-an-impressive-debut-novel/
David James' article about “Black Lives in Alaska: A History of African Americans in the Far Northwest” by Ian C. Hartman and David Reamer
https://www.adn.com/arts/books/2023/02/11/book-review-black-lives-in-alaska-provides-a-corrective-to-flimsy-narrative-of-the-states-race-relations/