UAS Literary & Arts Journal

Proof copy provided by Tidal Echoes.Featuring the work of students, faculty, and staff of the University of Alaska Southeast and members of the community.A Note from Emily Wall -- Editor’s Note -- Mask -- Image of Nora, Rendering Seal Oil -- Based of course on hearsay -- Bowl with Spoon -- Gathering Indigo -- Shed -- Decay -- At the Core -- After Summer Time -- Sitka Fishing Boat -- Pericles at the Beach -- Funny Face Fido (detail) -- The Answer Dog -- Direction of the Wind -- Eagle -- An Interview with Nathan Jackson -- Water Becoming Land -- An Interview with John Straley -- Halibut Point View -- Night Monsters -- Sea Lion -- Trophy -- Humpback Flukes -- Homecoming -- Spinning Tires -- Hiking the Salt Chuck Trail -- Sitka Rose -- Columbine -- Chocolate Lily -- Bleeding Hearts -- Salmon Egg Puller—$2.15 an hour -- Granddaughters Dancing -- Sitka Sentinel -- Kootznoowoo -- Ode to Wildlife -- Dinner Party -- Floating Islands (detail) -- To My Departed Kishka -- Wisteria -- Untitled -- Fairweather Laundry -- Struggling with My Language -- “Culture” in the Juneau Museum -- Thane -- Juneau Goldbelt & 9th -- Pink Blue Leaves -- Slow Fall -- Tango -- Pacific Coast Mask with Copper Luster -- Against Confessional -- Sunday Afternoon 3:30 to 3:31 -- Downtown -- Tony, Six Flags Great Adventure, Jackson, New Jersey -- Land and Water Series -- On the Day They Buried Gus Hall -- Solju Sapnu -- Nattie -- The First Half of the Last Century -- A Church Remains -- Mexican Wall -- Eagle Reflections -- The Saving Son -- Axh Leelk’w -- Sinister Place -- Blue Halibuts -- Fishing Again -- The Masai -- Wanting to Know Water -- For Women Like Me -- Mountain Bleu -- Untitled -- Single Word Title -- Charms (detail) -- e.e isn’t Cummings back -- Mocha Gal -- Poppies -- Ideal Woman Blues -- Near the End -- Poet at Work -- Stills -- Serenity -- Lupine Bugs -- Spring Fiddleheads -- What a Piece of Work! -- Biographie

Explorations 2001

Explorations 2001 is rendered with generous support by the University of Alaska (President’s Office, UAA Arts & Sciences, UAF Chancellor’s Office, & UAS Academic Programs), by volunteer editorial boards, & by reader fees from writers across Alaska, the US, Canada, & Europe.University of Alaska President's Office. University of Alaska Anchorage Arts and Sciences. University of Alaska Fairbanks Chancellor's Office. University of Alaska Southeast Academic Programs.Stellar Jays Chatting / Field, C. J. -- Judges’ Log / Silva, Ron and Petersen, Art -- The Real Warnings Are Always Too Late / Iseman, Rhett -- One Day at Csa de Alma / Gish-Miller, Margaret -- Infinity / Krisak, Len -- Caribou / Mishler, Susanna -- Mt. Edgecumbe Boarding School / Prescott, Vivian Faith -- Ode to Mahoney / Penny, Hattie -- The Fragility of Place / Waldstein, Gail -- Sawin’ Logs / Hahn, Stephen -- Warm Skin / Parker, Mary Elizabeth -- On a Different Day / Skelton, Sheri -- Sea Song / Pleus, Sharon J. -- The Denali Star / Desy, Jeanne -- Half Breed / Campbell, Jack -- Windows / Shipley, Vivian -- Osage Sone / Lavender, Maureen -- Bargains in the Real World / McIrvin, Veaney -- Annie / Prescott, Vivian Faith -- A Fine-Pointed Brush / Linklater, Tom -- Sockeye / Mishler, Susanna -- The Anthropologist: Juneau, 1935 / Morrissette, Virginia -- Pansies’ Rave / Edelman, Carolyn -- Fishing from a Boat / Jones, Kevin -- Hollow Man / Riccio, David -- Self-Portrait / Reifenstein, Heidi -- Alaska Native Writers, Notes / Breinig, Jeane -- Angie’s Birthday Present / Westman, Freda -- At the Graves / Nils, Sara -- Told while guarding the fish racks / Kenny, Florence -- Surfaces: Words and Beads / Kane, Joan -- Finding the Horizon / McKay, Buffy -- The Path to the Beach / Kaneshiro, Vera Oovi -- Qaasqamun tumet / Kaneshiro, Vera Oovi -- Refuge Rock: Egg Island, 1764 / Chadwick, Jerah -- Recycled Memories / Jones, Judith Bader -- The Viking long boat and the Tlingit war canoe / Woodford, Riley -- Closing / Warren, Deborah -- A Widowed Key / Schneid-Ofseyer, Miriam -- The chowder we eat / Lecomte, Serge -- Still Music / Ballard, Barry -- Blood Relative / Wilson, Anne -- Echoes / Quam, Allison -- How Can I Hold A Wild Bird in My Hands? / Cuadra, Elizabeth -- Desire / McCarron, Paula -- Surface Tension / Tarr, Michael -- On This Anniversary of Mother’s Death / Novak, Leila -- Searching for Poems / Chapman, Anna -- Stroke / Bates, Ben -- Crossroads / Bartek, Maggy Coopersmith -- Into Bed We Go / Sasseville, Jolie -- Indian Summer / Sasseville, Jolie -- The Speed of Light / Sasseville, Jolie -- Regions of the Heart / Sasseville, Jolie -- To My Friend Waiting Tables at the Quicksilver Club / Sasseville, Jolie -- Brevity / Sasseville, Jolie -- Contributor and Participant Notes -- Warblers in the Willows / Field, C. J

Explorations 2002

Explorations 2002 is rendered with generous support by the University of Alaska (President’s Office, UAA Arts & Sciences, UAF Chancellor’s Office, & UAS Academic Programs), by volunteer editorial boards, & by reader fees from writers across Alaska, the US, Canada, & Europe.University of Alaska President’s Office. University of Alaska Anchorage Arts and Sciences. University of Alaska Fairbanks Chancellor’s Office. University of Alaska Southeast Academic Programs.Stream Dreams, Reflections / Riccio, David -- Editor’s Final Message / Petersen, Art -- Killing Country / Flygare, Sarah -- The Woman Saying Goodbye / Walt, Jeffery -- The Suchitoto Women’s Committee After the War / Golden, Renny -- Apricots / Bingham, Sallie -- 322 Washington Street / Perrine, Jennifer -- Alaska Native Writers, Editor’s Notes / Breinig, Jeane -- Native Spirits / Hayes, Ernestine -- For Chris / Vlasoff, Martha -- It Is / Stevens, Gary -- Haunt / Kaine, Joan -- Graduates / Westman, Freda -- Generic Guru / Chapman, Anna -- Out Back Alaska / Pilcher, Leanne -- Clam Tide / Pilcher, Leanne -- A Child Handed Down / Hunter, Laura -- The Intensive Care Cafe / Tenerelli, M. J. -- Telling Bones / Prescott, Vivian Faith -- Mojave Dying / Martindale, Howie -- Medical School / Zack, Michael -- Coming Ashore in the Skiff / Pazar, Theresa -- Pastoral / Thomas, Joyce -- Tree Rings / Murphy, Kate -- Autonomous / Emmons, Jeanne -- Old Pond / Lawder, Douglas -- Sa’rai In Egypt / Golos, Veronica -- Nick at Night / Dye, Jeffrey -- About Goodbye / Carbone, Ute -- The Seaman: A Modern Hero / Dailey, Robert -- Winter / Kelsey, J. -- Cape Valero / Winakur, Emily -- Apache Pass / Richardson, Jeff -- Sitka / Podulka, Fran Doyle -- A Still Daybreak / Cantil-Voorhees, Ayaire -- Timelessly kosher / Lecomte, Serge -- Jobs / Goodwin, Frederick Farryl -- Potlatch / Mishler, Susanna -- The Medusa / Scartabello, Peter -- Gift / Sydenham, Nancy -- Image of Sitka High / Pazar, Theresa -- Bloated Sonnet / Haber, Leo -- Contributor and Participant Notes -- Stream Dreams, Dayglow Spring #1 / Riccio, Davi

Explorations 2000

Explorations 2000, in its 19th year, is sponsored by generous support from the University of Alaska in Southeast (UAS Academic Programs) and in Anchorage (UAA College of Arts & Sciences), volunteer editorial boards, and reader fees from poets and writers across Alaska, the U.S., Canada, and Europe.University of Alaska Southeast Academic Programs. University of Alaska Anchorage College of Arts and Sciences.Slipping Into Darkness / Field, C. J. -- Judges’ Log / Petersen, Art -- Suite in C Minor / Scarfe, Eunice -- Mom and her girlfriends, Miami Beach / Cole, Marjorie Kowalski -- Utopia / Healy, Lorraine -- The Sleeping People / Barbieri, Heather Doran -- On an Adopted Child Leaving for College / Scott, Joanna C. -- They Never Told Me / Kuhn, Elisabeth -- The Chipped Goblet / Cunigan, Elyse -- The Poet’s Grief / Robinson, Lee -- Original Guilt / Kuhn, Elisabeth -- Toward the End of the Season / Hull, Sue -- Stringing the Last Circuit under the House / Wilson, John -- Refashioning My Life to Please / Kavana, Karen -- Circe / Thomas, Susan -- Song of the Renegade Horses / Padilla, Mario -- Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto, 1953 / Kennedy, Susan -- Solstice / Moles, Adam -- Fish / Morrell, Michelle -- Munchkin / Morrell, Michelle -- Tricycles / Foulke, Donna -- small talk / Silook, Susie -- Good News Bay Awakening / Larson, Collin A. -- The Time is Right to Write / Larson, Dorothy M. -- Don’t stop / Hope III, Andrew -- Reaching for that spirit / Hope III, Andrew -- Raven Forest / Foulke, Donna -- The Fire Spirit Spoke to Me / Anderson, Dennis -- Memorial Day Lunch in the Cemetery / Smith, Michael S. -- Lying In Damp Grass, Staring Up Into The Rain / Orion, Shawnte -- Belated Letter to Richard Hugo / Miller, Alexis Ross -- Pulp / Sakaguchi, Joy -- ER Euphemism / Waldstein, Gail -- You got on the bus / Lecomte, Serge -- The Touch / Trott, Steve -- Did You Get Your Homework Done? / Linklater, Tom -- Grizzly Moon / Klare, Susi -- Beluga Fall / McDonell, Jerry D. -- Contributors’ Notes -- Raven Romance / Field, C. J

Explorations 1999

Explorations ‘99, in its 18th year, is sponsored by generous support from the University of Alaska in Southeast (UAS Academic Programs) and Anchorage (UAA College of Arts & Sciences), a volunteer editorial board, and reader fees from poets and writers across Alaska, the U.S., Canada, and Europe.University of Alaska Southeast Academic Programs. University of Alaska Anchorage College of Arts and Sciences.Eagle Beach / Riccio, David -- Judges’ Log, 1999 / Dauenhauer, Richard -- Fortune Cookie / Haber, Leo -- Cranberry Harvest / Guran, Holly -- Hate Crime / Ballard, Barry -- Becoming Memory / Houk, Heather -- The Woman On Death Row Watches TV / Terris, Susan -- What Whales and Infants Know / Cornwall, Kim -- Alaska Now / Bowman, Lynne Martin -- Ghost Stories / Belnap, Paula -- Morning Glory / Shipley, Vivian -- Trinity School: The Final Countdown / Berg, Nancy -- Viagra Dreams / Pavis, Athar C. -- Kee-Kee I kill your ass / Comack, Stfn -- Totem Park / Hayna, Lois Beebe -- At Bread Loaf Alaska the Poet John Haines Becomes Poem / Miller, Alexis Ross -- The Bread of Life / Larson, Dorothy M. -- Gandhi & I Are Saying Goodbye / Donovan, Jeanne P. -- Winter Walk, After an Argument / Dunaway, Samantha -- Little Wind Dances at the Edge of Reason / hawk, red -- Charms / Hendryson, Barbara A. -- After Swiss Air Flight 111 / Harvey, Gayle Elen -- Into Bed We Go / Sasseville, Jolie -- Inaugural Introduction / Breinig, Jeane -- Fire / Smith, Anna -- Naaxein / Brown, Cadiente Ronalda -- Spirit Flight / Mayo, Maureen -- Nicholas / Brown, Ronalda Cadiente -- Shadow Dancing / Larson, Dorothy M. -- Summer / Ritchie, Cinthia -- Plant Babies: The Selection / Blum, Jennifer Joerg -- Miss Fortune / Donahoe, D. B. -- A Search for Meaning in a Dirty Apartment / Lee, Amber -- Contributors’ Notes -- Magpie Nestlings / Fields, A. J

UAS Literary & Arts Journal

Proof copy provided by Tidal Echoes.Featuring the work of students, faculty, and staff of the University of Alaska Southeast and members of the community.A Note from Loren, Sometimes Known as Senior Editor -- A Letter from Josh, Affectionately Known as “Sugah” (say it with a southern accent) -- A Note from Emily Wall -- On the Move -- Dangly Jangly Things -- Taco Surf -- Midwestern Trash -- On the Distaff Side -- Christmas Joy -- The Three Little McCormicks -- Trollin’ Ray’s Brain: An Interview with Ray Troll -- His Long Coat Turning -- First Autumn -- Pinta Cove Birthday Gifts -- September Wings -- When in Rome -- Early Morning Conspiracy Theory -- Flesh Wound -- Two Ravens, Five Ways -- Shades of Brown: The Question -- Hayfield-Clarke Psychiatric Center -- Hardscrabble -- Smoked Meat Sandwiches -- Slime Squishing Through Gold: An Interview with Nora Marks Dauenhauer -- Berries -- Buds -- Grandpa Jakwteen in Eclipse -- Cross Talk -- Voices -- Trouble -- Flying Home -- Snorkeling at Hanauma Bay -- Genocide -- Raven, Saving It for Later -- Mama Abel’s -- Settling In -- Blue -- Dad at 27 -- Dad photographs mother -- Backyard theatre & Oz -- Love-in, Easter Day, 1968 -- Topanga Corral -- Swallowing Senora -- Keeping Time on the Kee Nax Trail -- Ode to Ching -- Beneath the Surface (chapter title) -- A Visit from the Wild -- Teacher’s Pets -- Centennial -- See Spot Rot -- With Salsa -- Moonbaby -- The Fine Art of Raising a Tarpaulin -- Prologue -- Epiphany 2008 -- View of Auke Lake -- Shark Fins -- Translating Pasternak -- Raven Boys -- Institutional Back Door -- Uneasy Disguise -- Christmas Wind -- The Life and Times of the Orlando Bloom Fan Club -- Writer & Artist Biographie

Explorations 1998

Explorations ‘98, in its 17th year, is sponsored by generous support from the University of Alaska Southeast (UAS), a volunteer editorial board, and reader fees from poets and writers across Alaska, the U.S., Canada, and Europe.University of Alaska Southeast.Delphiniums’ Cat / Gilbank, Karen -- Judges’ Log, 1998 / Ray, David -- Villanelle for a Negauunee Oracle / Heideman, Kathleen -- My Father's Shoes / Whitehead, Gary -- Seeing Sister / Blaney, Carol -- At Seventy-Five My Father / Braden, Allen -- December 1, 1955 / Shepherd, Barbara -- Wishes For My Beloved Stepfather / Sakowicz, John -- Leaving Pathology / Waldstein, Gail -- At Lee’s Liquor Lounge / Brostrom, Kerri -- Feels Like Spring Again / Linklater, Tom -- Orchard for Solo Piano / Soli, Sandra -- Gnossienne No. 1 / Janas, Mari-Marcelle -- Sometimes / Pleus, Sharon -- The Lesson / Muse, Patrick -- Mid-July, Waitsfield, Vermont / Koffler, Alison -- Moving In / Sasseville, Jolie -- Reflections on a Winter Window / O’Connor, Margaret -- The Logical Passion of Chopin / Looney, George -- Hornets’ Nest / DeLuca, Sara -- Getting Out of Jail / Jennings, Maxine -- After the Harvest / Rouillard, Barbara -- Yellow Flowers / Hazelgrove, Edward -- You Have / Novak, Leila -- Flight Connection / Kantner, Carol -- Dear Mother / Culbertson, B. R. -- Roses Last / Hendryson, Barbara -- This Searching / Bender, Jenny -- Remains / Betz, Tim -- Stories / Growney, JoAnne -- Winter Waltz / vonGaza, Nicole -- High Tide / Stainbrook, Mike -- The Knob / Jones, Judith Bader -- The Throne / Perlman, Edward -- Driving to Santa Fe / Becker, Richard -- Mushing on Mendenhall Lake / Kissel, Mark -- I Walk Through My Garden / Schoenhals, Karen -- Goodnight Geese, Goodnight Moon / Anderson, Dianne -- The Baby’s First Taxi Ride / Slater, Judith -- Belle Claire / Reifler, Nelly -- Dancing with God / Weintraub, Amy -- The Killing of He-Who-Is-Without-Shadow / Cervenka, Jarda -- Contributors’ Notes -- Path to Pt. Louisa / Pilcher, Leann