Poet Joan Naviyuk Kane presents Writing Opportunities for Alaska Native Students
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Joan Naviyuk Kane is the featured artist in the current Alaska Quarterly Review Volume 31. At this event she will read selected poems, discuss Alaska Quarterly Review, and writing opportunities for Alaska Native students. Students from the Alaska Native Cultural Charter School are in attendance. (Note, there are gaps in sound due to lack of microphone usage between 1:02:22 and 1:08:43 minutes.)
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Paul Ongtooguk...
Published 10/14/19
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