Planet Alaska

Life in Alaska: nature, poetry & indigenous perspectives

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FINISHING LINE PRESS CHAPBOOK OF THE DAY: Traveling with the Underground People

by Vivian Faith Prescott

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Vivian Faith Prescott is a fifth generation Alaskan of Sámi, Irish, and Norwegian heritage, among others. She was born and raised on a small island in Southeastern Alaska and lives at her fishcamp in Wrangell, Alaska. She holds an MFA from the University of Alaska and a Ph.D. in Cross Cultural Studies. She is the author of three poetry chapbooks, Slick (White Knuckle Press), Sludge (Flutter Press), and Our Tents Are Small Volcanoes (Quills Edge Press), plus a full length collection, The Hide of My Tongue (Plain View Press).

“Vivian Faith Prescott takes us on a beautiful bridge back and forth between moments of brokenness and moments of power. In her poems we walk toward the terrible place of racism, generational trauma, and identity fractured by colonialism: scull measurements, graves broken into, grandsons on meth. But just when we feel too much despair, she takes us back across to poems of grandmothers and drums, and reindeer eating mushrooms. Reading these brave poems is walking on an intense emotional journey with Prescott, and even after we’ve left her side, the poems linger. “And all I can do is borrow a lamp/for the long journey back home.” –Emily Wall, Associate Professor of English, University of Alaska Southeast, author of Liveaboard (Salmon Poetry, 2012) “Vivian Faith Prescott has assembled an insightful, multi layered and sometimes emotional chapbook that chronicles a Sami North American journey. I am struck by the depth of knowledge she writes from, as well as the diversity of presentation. A great read….recommended.” — Nathan Muus, Musician, Co-Editor Baiki: The International Sami Journal

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https://soundcloud.com/planetalaska/post-9-11-pantoum-poem

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https://soundcloud.com/planetalaska/womens-march-wrangell-alaska-2017

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Pink morning & floating islands. #mickeysfishcamp #wrangellalaska #alaska #writer #poet #naturepoet #fifthgenerationalaskan #islandlife #lifeinalaska #salmoncamp #salmontown #southeastalaska #smallislandtown

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My poem for Alaska Governor Walker and the Alaska Legislature. #Alaska #wrangell #wrangellalaska #pacificnorthwest #islandlife #southeastalaska #lifeinalaska #indigenouspoetry #fifthgenerationalaskan #poet #poetry #samiAmerican #endangeredlanguage

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If you're on Facebook you can stop by the FB page I host with my daughter Yeilk'-Cute Little Raven. Check it out. Planet Alaska! https://m.facebook.com/planetalaska #Alaska #borninAlaska #wrangell #pacificnorthwest #indigenouswriters #indigenous #multicultural #mickeysfishcamp #naturewriter #nature #conservation #indigenouspeoples #art #salmonlife #samiAmerican #tlingitterritory #tlingit #alaskanative #writer #wrangellisland #southeastalaska #lifeinalaska #fifthgenerationAlaskan #facebook #traditions

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Hooligan in the smokehouse. #Alaska #Alaskan #mickeysfishcamp #borninAlaska #borninWrangell #wrangell #wrangellalaska #pacificnorthwest #pacificocean #southeastalaska #insidepassage #multicultural #samiAmerican #lifeinalaska #writinglife #writer #poetslife #naturepoet #traditions #traditionalfoods

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Smokin'! #Alaska #Alaskan #mickeysfishcamp #fishcamp #fishing #stikineriver #hooligan #pacificnorthwest #wrangell #wrangellisland #wrangellalaska #wrangellwriter #writinglife #naturewriter #naturepoet #islandlife #insidepassage #indigenouswriters #indigenous #multicultural #traditionalfoods #traditions

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Hooligan in the smokehouse. #alaskan #Alaska #traditionalfoods #traditions #stikineriver #southeastalaska #wrangell #wrangellalaska #wrangellisland #pacificnorthwest #pacificocean #insidepassage #writer #poet #naturewriter #nature #mickeysfishcamp #fishcamp

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Happy Valentine's Day! #alaskan #alaska #borninAlaska #fifthgenerationAlaskan #lifeinalaska #mickeysfishcamp #multicultural #salmonculture #salmonpoet #islandlife #southeastalaska #insidepassage #writer #poet #artist #naturewriter #naturepoet #seaglass #seapottery #reclaimedwood #recycled #upcycledart #upcycle #mixedmedia #oldgarbagedump #officewithaview #ocean #alaskanartist #samiAmerican

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Singing about Climate Change. It's January in Alaska. #Alaska #climatechange #globalwarming #nature #naturepoet #officewithaview #mickeysfishcamp #multicultural #borninAlaska #pacificnorthwest #ocean #writer #wrangellalaska

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Poetry & Prose on the seawall bookshelf today. #indigenouswriters #mickeysfishcamp #pacificocean #pacificnorthwest #islandlife #insidepassage #southeastalaska #samiAmerican #salmonculture #islandlife #naturepoet #naturewriter #lifeinalaska #wrangell #borninAlaska #poet #poetslife #poetry #NativeAmerican

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Poetry offered to the world at the end of the year. #Alaskan #Alaska #mickeysfishcamp #multicultural #pacificnorthwest #pacificocean #writer #poetry #poet #poetslife #lifeinalaska #fifthgenerationAlaskan #borninAlaska #southeastalaska

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Offering poetry to the morning-Natalie Diaz & Heid Erdrich. #Alaskan #Alaskan #mickeysfishcamp #fishcampdog #fifthgenerationAlaskan #pacificnorthwest #pacificocean #islandlife #writer #writinglife #southeastalaska #insidepassage #indigenous #multicultural #samiAmerican #salmonculture #poetry #poet #poetslife