Mountaineering Literature: A Panel with David Stevenson, Bill Sherwonit and others
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This event about Mountaineering Literature includes Alaskan writers, scholars and climbers: David Stevenson (director of the MFA Program/UAA), Clare Chesher (English Dept/UAA), Charlie Sassara (mountaineer), and Bill Sherwonit (acclaimed author of numerous books about Denali and Alaska wilderness). This event was primarily sponsored by the MFA Program/UAA. After the event, the recording was posted as a UAA podcast.
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