Martha Amore and Lucian Childs present A Community Tells Its Story: Building Fires in the Snow
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Building Fires in the Snow: A Collection of Alaska LGBTQ Short Fiction and Poetry is a path breaking book featuring work from some of Alaska’s finest writers. Joining editors Martha Amore and Lucian Childs, are anthology contributors Mei Mei Evans (Oil and Water) and poets Susanna Mishler (Termination Dust), Shelby Mahogany Wilson (Black Feather Poets). After readings selection from the anthology,each explore the label LGBTQ and its meaning within the literary establishment.
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