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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.
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 from Kris Drumm’s as-yet unpublished memoir “Open to Entry, An Alaskan Adventure”, her experiences as a woman homesteading north
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 from Kris Drumm’s as-yet unpublished memoir “Open to Entry, An Alaskan Adventure”, her experiences as a woman homesteading north of
“You Can’t Leave” is an excerpt from Kris Drumm’s as-yet unpublished memoir “Open to Entry, An Alaskan Adventure”, her experiences as a woman homesteading north of Talkeetna in the
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
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,
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
In this week’s Writer’s Voice, Talkeetna blogger Bill Was reflects on how a single unfortunate misstep took him on a voyage of self discovery. Across the past few months
Talkeetna performance poet Ellen Thea reads her poems Seussified and Gaia’s Psalm. She is accompanied by Dennis Ransy on percussion. Hippie Chick One said to Hippie Chick Two, “It’s really
When it became possible for residents of this country to travel to Cuba, Talkeetna resident Tony Martin wasted no time getting there. He wanted to share his experience, and knowledge
