Behind the Pen 2 with UAA Creative Writing Students
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UAA undergraduate students from Professor Ron Spatz' and Don Rearden’s Creative Writing classes read and discuss their current work. Professor Ron Spatz and Professor Don Rearden teach creative writing in the Department of English at UAA. Ron Spatz is founder and editor of Alaska Quarterly Review. Don Rearden is the author of the novel, The Raven's Gift and the co-writer of Never Quit, the memoir of Alaskan Pararescue Operator Jimmy Settle.
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