Ep. 3: Sherry Shimpson's "Telling Raven Stories,"

Ep. 3: Sherry Shimpson's "Telling Raven Stories," read by Lee Zirnheld

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Sherry Simpson, one of the best descriptive writers in Alaska — and possibly the world — died in 2020 of a brain tumor. Science writer Ned Rozell worked with Sherry at the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, where he soon noticed that no one could write quite like her. Here, Lee Zirnheld of Fairbanks, Alaska, reads aloud Sherry’s essay, Telling Raven Stories. (25 minutes)

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