Annie Wenstrup

Annie Wenstrup

Annie Wenstrup Annie Wenstrup a Dena’ina poet and the author of The Museum of Unnatural Histories. She is the recipient of a 2025 Whiting Award in Poetry. Her poems have been published in Alaska Quarterly Review, New England Review, Poetry, and elsewhere. In 2023, she...
Coll Thrush

Coll Thrush

Coll Thrush Raised in the treaty territory of the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe near Seattle, Coll Thrush is a graduate of Western Washington University and the University of Washington. He is professor of history and Killam teaching laureate at the University of British...
Corinna Cook

Corinna Cook

Corinna Cook Corinna Cook is an essayist. She is the author of Leavetakings (2020) and Permafrost Is an Archive and Other Inheritances from the Alaska-Yukon Borderlands (coming in March 2026). She is a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship awardee, a former...
Heather Lende

Heather Lende

Heather Lende Heather Lende’s most recent publications and honors include a poem about mountain goats and  Chilkat blankets in the forthcoming Literary Field Guide to Alaska, the 2025 Alaska Press Club Award for Best Outdoor Reporting in all media for her blog on...
Willy Vlautin

Willy Vlautin

Photo by Bobby Abrahamson Willy Vlautin Born and raised in Reno, Nevada, Willy Vlautin is the author of seven novels and is the founder of the bands, Richmond Fontaine and the Delines. Vlautin started writing stories and songs at the age of 11 after receiving his...