To the Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey: Alaska is packed with so many talented writers that it's hard for me to choose. When you finish this one, her follow-up memoir, The Tao of Raven, is another must-read. The overall effect is one of awe and wonder at Hayes' bravery, wisdom, wit and generosity of spirit. Lingít stories weave in and out of the personal narrative, and the inlets, rainforests and mountains of Southeast Alaska are vivid characters. The memoir goes from her roots in a Lingít village in Juneau to years of poverty and wandering in California, and then her return to Alaska at age 50. This is a story about the Alaska that we once were and that I think many of us feel we are losing.īlonde Indian: An Alaska Native Memoir by Ernestine Hayes: An incredibly moving, sometimes painful, magical memoir by a former Alaska state writer laureate, Ernestine Hayes. After the mines closed in 1938, all sorts of characters remained, and more arrived in the following decades, creating a kind of only-in-Alaska community. McCarthy was home to a world-class copper mine. It's an excellent history of McCarthy, Alaska, in the 20th century. But Cold Mountain Path is a good place to start. There are rainforests and the Arctic tundra, tiny villages and cities, and over 100 languages spoken, from Ahtna to Zulu.
Nominated by Heather Lende, Alaska state writer laureateĬold Mountain Path: The Ghost Town Decades of McCarthy-Kennecott, Alaska by Tom Kizzia: It is impossible to choose one book to represent Alaska because our state is so varied. In Alabama, we take our meat and threes and and Southern fare seriously and owe a great debt to Lewis. The Edna Lewis Cookbook by Edna Lewis and Evangeline Peterson: Once a dear friend of Alabama's Scott Peacock, the late Edna Lewis has been called "the South's answer to Julia Child." Her background reflects Southern truths of slavery and inequity, and her success is a reminder of the unsung heroes who make an outsize impact on our culture and, in the case of Lewis, what we eat. Rick Bragg covers lots of ground regarding what it means to live in the South: caring about your mama, the importance of being for the right sports team (hint: choose an SEC team), what foods makes you a true Southerner and why the chariot of his people, the pickup truck, no longer represents what it used to stand for.
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Where I Come From: Stories from the Deep South by Rick Bragg: This book is a series of personal stories about the South that provide a sense of place and knowing that will make Southern readers grin and that will disclose a profound picture of the South to all others. Nominated by McCall Hardison, marketing director of the Little Professor bookshop in Homewood, Ala.
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