Springtime in Alaska brings Yellow Umbrellas from the 'Alaska Quarterly Review'
by Michelle Saport |
As the snow melts and Alaskans move outside to enjoy warm spring days and nights, the 's spring edition, Yellow Umbrellas, provides some wonderful reading. The latest edition of the Alaska Quarterly Review includes a wide variety of compelling short stories, provocative essays and poems from more than 35 different poets. Featured poets include:
- Alaska Native poet , winner of the Whiting Award
- 2014 Governor's Award winner Eva Saulitis
- , visiting UAF professor and former in Poetry
Co-founder and editor , dean of , says "readers will find the eye-opening works in these pages a deeply moving experience."
Purchase a copy of this 31st edition for $8.95 at bookstores throughout Alaska or on the web at .
There will also be a book launch party in Anchorage at (3300 Spenard Road) on Friday, April 25, from 7-9 p.m. Admission is $7 for a night of jazz, conversation, cocktails and readings from AQR's featured poets Joan Naviyuk Kane, Eva Saulitis and Sean Hill.
Published twice a year by the since 1982, is one of America's premier literary magazines and a source of powerful, new voices. The publication is a literary journal devoted to contemporary literary art, publishing fiction, short plays, poetry, photo essays and literary non-fiction in traditional and experimental styles. It provides a forum for writers whose work challenges accepted forms and modes of expression, experimenting with language and thought.