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David James

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Sep 6, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 6, 2026 · David James

    Book review: New book delivers the story of Elizabeth Peratrovich’s valiant life to another generation (opens the original)

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    “A Bright Light of Hope: The Elizabeth Peratrovich Story” Written by Annie Boochever, Illustrated by Apay’uq Moore; University Press of Colorado/University of Alaska Press, 2026; 68 pages; $14.95. If just one word can be offered to describe Elizabeth Peratrovich, it would be “tenacious.” Born on July 4, 1911, Peratrovich grew up to become the most famous civil rights activist in Alaska’s history. Her firm determination was crucial to passage of the Alaska Equal Rights Act of 1945, th

  2. Article · Aug 22, 2026 · David James

    Book review: Tucked in a criminal cloud in Southeast Alaska, ‘The Last Run’ shines as a human novel (opens the original)

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    By Rachel Weaver; Lake Union Publishing, 2026; 256 pages; $16.99 Paperback; $5.99 Kindle eBook. “My mind had been circling around this new organized southeast crime syndicate, and it had slowed me down significantly,” Ellie Baker says partway into Rachel Weaver’s latest novel “How far in was Pete? How far would these guys go to get the money he owed them? It didn’t take long in the underworld of Alaska before you got mixed up in meth. It suddenly felt as though we were trolling into th

  3. Article · Aug 16, 2026 · David James

    A literary lectern for the North Pacific Rim, Cirque is a unique and essential publishing platform (opens the original)

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    This is part of Alaska Authors, an occasional series about authors and other literary figures with ties to the 49th state. Since its founding in 2009, the online publication Cirque: A Literary Journal for the North Pacific Rim, has been publishing works by writers, poets, artists, photographers and others from Alaska, the Pacific Northwest, Western Canada and Hawaii. Its pages have hosted some of the region’s most well-established writers, as well as many emerging ones. “We wanted to be a pl

  4. Article · Aug 15, 2026 · David James

    Arriving in Alaska on a whim 35 years ago, author Jen Funk Weber made puzzles her profession (opens the original)

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    This is part of Alaska Authors, an occasional series about authors and other literary figures with ties to the 49th state. Jen Funk Weber was working a summer job at Denali Backcountry Lodge during the early 1990s when she struck on an idea. Adult guests at the lodge would gather together in the evenings to socialize and perhaps have few drinks. Meanwhile, deep in Denali National Park where distractions were few, the children of some of these adults would be wandering around without much to keep

  5. Article · Aug 9, 2026 · David James

    Book review: The legacy of Creamer’s Field explored in ‘A Place for the Birds’ (opens the original)

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    “A Place for the Birds: The Legacy of Creamer’s Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge” By Jessica A. Shepherd, Illustrations by Mark D. Ross; Fathom Publishing, 2025; 142 pages; $20. Just north of Fairbanks, not far beyond the city limits, nearly 3,000 acres of tranquil land lies untouched by the nearby subdivisions. Creamer’s Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge, managed by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and tended to by a virtual army of volunteers, provides a large open space of fields

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