Alaska Literary Field Guide: Nature's Pulse

0:00Nancy Lore from Homer got inspired by a Pacific Northwest book called Cascadia Field Guide, Mixing Art, Poetry, and Nature. She figured Alaska needed its own version to highlight the state's wild ecology, five years in the making, the Alaska Literary Field Guide just dropped, packing over 300 pages with 93 species and elements. Published by Mountaineer's Books, the same folks behind Cascadia's 2023 release, it pulls together works from over 70 Alaska poets, and writers, plus 19 visual artists. Lore teamed up with Anchorage author Mary Beth Holliman and Sikka editor Shailing Grace Molar. They called the process like solving a Rubik's Cube, figuring out whether to chase poems first or pick creatures, all while Alaska's endless plants. Animals and habitats kept expanding their list. They started aiming for 60 entries, but ballooned to 93, blending iconic stuff like bears and eagles with lesser known gems, even tossing, in glaciers and volcanoes for that unique

1:03Alaska twist. This guide lands right when folks crave fresh ways to connect with the land through words and images, making Alaska's natural poles beat louder on. Every page, Anchorage News, today, powered by AI, bringing you what matters.