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Annie Wenstrup
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Dena’ina poet. The Museum of Unnatural Histories, Wesleyan University Press, March 2025. Here for the fish.
Anchorage readers, this Saturday stop by and say hello! I’ll be at Title Wave from 12-3 signing copies of The Museum of Unnatural Histories.
November 26, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Hi all! Nice time to support Native writers during Native American Heritage Month with 40% off my book #AlaskaNativeResilience Voices from World War II when you order through UW Press website and use the code WINTER25

Quyaana!
uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...
November 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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ALOCASIA is honored to be holding two nights of virtual readings to benefit the Western Alaska Relief Fund, to support communities impacted by the recent typhoon.

There is a suggested $10-25 donation.

We hope to see you there, and hope you'll spread the word!

Find out more: bit.ly/linkedhearts...
November 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
@jenniferschell16.bsky.social
So good! Your paper and Slash/Back!
So happy to publish an essay in this collection! It's called: "Alien Invasion and Multispecies Justice: Representations of Circumpolar Ecosystems in Contemporary Inuit Sci-Fi Horror Cinema."

I wrote it b/c I really wanted more people to see Slash/Back. Watch it! It's really good!
November 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Thank you Moriah and @nyswi.bsky.social for this conversation!

tinyurl.com/4fpdshab
November 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Native American History Month is the perfect time for non-Indigenous writers and scholars to stop referring to Indigenous belief systems and stories as “folklore” and “myth.”
November 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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February 5, 2026 | 7-9pm Cameron Awkward-Rich, @sadqueer4life.bsky.social, Chet’la Sebree, and @akwenstrup.bsky.social
February 19, 2026 | 7-9pm Sahar Khraibani, @faridmatuk.bsky.social, Michelle Peñaloza, and @roqueraquel.bsky.social
February 28, 2026 | 2-5pm 30th Showcase Community Reading
November 6, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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Happy to help share the news of the Literary Arts Fund launch today and to serve as its executive director. More here: literaryartsfund.org
October 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Write a critical essay with me this Saturday! 🥰
In this generative workshop, we’ll cover essential elements of long and short form reviews, with a special focus on essay-length reviews. We’ll also address practical aspects of writing criticism including finding a home for your critical essay, and much more!

Sign-up: tinhouse.com/product/fall...
October 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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If there was ever a time that we need Indigenous stories told in our own language & imbued with our values - that time is NOW. It is with great honor & humility that we will premiere our short #TwoOldWomen film at #HIFF45 w/ our Kanaka relatives. 🙏🏽 Mahsi’choo to author #VelmaWallis for her support!
October 15, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Maybe the Body by Asa Drake, forthcoming from Tinhouse
October 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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'Miserable': Hundreds sheltering in Western Alaska schools in dire conditions alaskapublic.org/news/environ...

👉🏾 bit.ly/help4wak
'Miserable': Hundreds sheltering in Western Alaska schools in dire conditions
The state is evacuating the vulnerable and trying to find safe shelter for all. “We're moving as fast as we can,” the incident commander said. “We know that folks are miserable.”
alaskapublic.org
October 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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I have a new record coming out October 24th called "Live Like the Sky" and this is the first video by Inuk filmmaker asinnajaq. Filmed in Kangiqliniq (Rankin Inlet), Inukjuak, Tiotia:ke (Montreal), Pittsburgh & Philadelphia.
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson - Murder of Crows
YouTube video by youvechangedrecords
m.youtube.com
September 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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I would just like everyone to know I did NOT write the title (or choose the pic, though it's a nice dad joke). But here's the op-ed I wrote for the NYTimes. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/o...
Opinion | How I Ran Afoul of the Air Force Academy
www.nytimes.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Listen here ya bald coot
Bird Names that Sound Like Insults (and Sometimes Are), Volume 3
We just can’t bananaquit them
www.merriam-webster.com
September 7, 2025 at 6:54 PM
In July I had the pleasure of collaborating with @heideerdrich.bsky.social and Kim Blaeser on a poem inspired by Sky Hopinka’s work. You can watch us read the poem on YouTube and read the text at MoMA Magazine
youtu.be/SBReR5dkaXU?...
In Na Po Poets on Spirit Lines in Words and Images
YouTube video by The Museum of Modern Art
youtu.be
September 4, 2025 at 8:52 PM
August 31, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The best data we currently have about the scope of MMIP in Alaska comes from a 2018 Urban Indian Health Institute Report. You can read it at this link

www.uihi.org/wp-content/u...
August 31, 2025 at 8:37 PM
In 2023 I had the privilege of speaking with artist about their advocacy to end violence against Indigenous Alaskans. I want to highlight their voices, always, but especially in light of the AKDPS’s refusal to assist Data for Indigenous Justice.

Bobby Qalutaksraq Brower “Healing Stitches”
August 30, 2025 at 8:11 PM
In 2023 I had the privilege of speaking with artist about their advocacy to end violence against Indigenous Alaskans. I want to highlight their voices, always, but especially in light of the AKDPS’s refusal to assist Data for Indigenous Justice.

Amber Webb’s Memorial Qaspeq
2018-2022
August 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
[when asked about the refusal] A spokesperson for the governor did not respond to emailed and hand-delivered questions about the state’s failure to provide names of homicide victims to Apok’s group.

www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
Alaska vowed to resolve murders of Indigenous people. Now it refuses to provide their names
www.adn.com
August 30, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Alaska's legislature has adjourned a special session, only hours after it convened. They overrode the Governor's $50M cut to education, but it doesn't include $$$ schools need for construction & maintenance. Nearly $28 million that was cut in June won't be restored www.propublica.org/article/alas...
Alaska Ignored Warning Signs of a Budget Crisis. Now It Doesn’t Have Funding to Fix Crumbling Schools.
Lawmakers only budgeted $40 million of the nearly $800 million that districts say is needed to fix and maintain schools to keep them safe and operating. Gov. Mike Dunleavy then vetoed more than two-th...
www.propublica.org
August 2, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Hi #skystorians #alaskasky & #Nativesky 👋

Looking for some non-fiction/Native history summer reading?

Right now my book Alaska Native Resilience: Voices from World War II is 40% off plus free shipping if you order through UW Press’ website with the code WARM25:

uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...
🌻
July 27, 2025 at 7:28 AM
NYC Friends!
I’m reading with Kimberly Blaeser, Sky Hopinka and @heideerdrich.bsky.social at MoMA at the end of the month and would love to see you.It’s going to be amazing!

www.moma.org/calendar/eve...
In-Na-Po Poets on Spirit Lines in Words and Images | MoMA
MoMA welcomes Indigenous Nations Poets (In-Na-Po), a collective committed to mentoring emerging writers, nurturing the growth of Indigenous poetic practices, and raising the visibility of all Native w...
www.moma.org
July 20, 2025 at 2:13 AM