Independent journalism and community voices, broadcasting since 1993
Susitna Writer’s Voice is KTNA’s weekly showcase of writing and storytelling from the Upper Susitna Valley and beyond. In short, locally produced episodes, writers and community members share fiction, nonfiction, poetry, essays, memoirs, interviews, student work, science features, and collaborative pieces. The series celebrates diverse voices, creativity, lived experience, and the stories that connect the community.
A rare summer StarDate Susitna – Kathleen Fleming talks about the summer solstice and the dark skies she enjoys at more southerly latitudes during the perpetual light of this Alaskan
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The humorous non-fiction story of the big prank played on Birdathon participants.
A humorous non-fiction essay in two parts about birding and the (sometimes) eccentric people who do it.
The valley ahead was notorious for its cutting wind. For several days Diane and I held tight in the last timber waiting for the weather to settle down. Morning dawned
I was ambivalent about participating in this year’s annual Bird-A-Thon. I wasn’t sure I had the energy to do all the driving, hiking, photography, and searching for birds. The BAT
A program from our archives: An essay about the “budding, blossoming, and fruiting of language” in humankind, which first aired on KTNA in 2015.
Four short poems: “Talkeetna”, “Roots”, “Riding Midnight”, and “Blizzard on the Rez”, from a published collection of poetry titled Welcome to Deadhorse.
A cool damp day in April, 12 years ago found me on my back under my new cabin, cursing and groaning, and stapling hardware cloth to the log joists
