Susitna Writer's Voice--"Rainwalk", by Deborah Brocke
The special rewards of walking in nature on a rainy day.
Susitna Writer's Voice
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.
Susitna Writer's Voice--"Jem the Hen", by Robin Song
A little story from the Earth and Beyond archives, about an unusual transformation in a Banty chicken’s life.
Susitna Writer's Voice--"Finally, I Be an Alaskan", by Bill Was
For anyone following my blog – talkeetnatraces.com – you may have noticed my ‘public name’ has changed from ‘Newbie Alaskan’ to ‘Forever Alaskan’. Given it has now been two years
Susitna Writer's Voice--“Lost!”, part two, from Open to Entry, An Alaskan Adventure, by Kris Drumm
This is the second part of a chapter called “Lost!” from Kris Drumm’s as-yet unpublished memoir “Open to Entry, An Alaskan Adventure”, her experiences as a woman homesteading north
Susitna Writer’s Voice–“Lost!”, part one, from Open to Entry, An Alaskan Adventure, by Kris Drumm
This is the first part of a chapter called “Lost!” from Kris Drumm’s as-yet unpublished memoir “Open to Entry, An Alaskan Adventure”, her experiences as a woman homesteading north of
Susitna Writer's Voice--"You Can't Leave!" from Open to Entry, An Alaskan Adventure, by Kris Drumm
“You Can’t Leave” is an excerpt from Kris Drumm’s as-yet unpublished memoir “Open to Entry, An Alaskan Adventure”, her experiences as a woman homesteading north of Talkeetna in the
Susitna Writer's Voice--Ermine Hill Hike, by Robin Song
Talkeetna resident Robin Song describes a long-awaited hike in Denali State Park. All photos by Robin Song Several years ago my dogs and I hiked the Little Coal Creek trail
Susitna Writer's Voice--Strawberries #2, by Alan Kingsbury
One of Alan Kingsbury’s essays on those luscious little fruits that just about anyone can grow. Here’s Strawberries #2, from Farmer Al’s Back Forty, a regular radio segment in 2001,
Susitna Writer's Voice--Shawoman, Big Mama, and Blue Moon Turtle, by Ellen Thea
Talkeetna performance poet Ellen Thea reads her poems Shawoman, Big Mama, and Blue Moon Turtle. She is accompanied by Dennis Ransy on percussion. In the fullness of the moon, in