Authors Kantner and McGuire will read from award-winning works

成人影片 authors Seth Kantner and Rosemary McGuire will read from their works at the University of 成人影片 Fairbanks on Feb. 28 at 6 p.m.

head and shoulders portrait of a man in a white, fur-trimmed parka
Seth Kantner

Kantner, of Kotzebue, is author of the award-winning bestselling novel 鈥淥rdinary Wolves鈥 and four other books, as well as essays and newspaper columns. McGuire, of Fairbanks, is author of the award-winning memoir 鈥淩ough Crossing鈥 and other works.

The duo will read from their writings in the BP Design Theater, on the fourth floor of the Usibelli Building on the UAF Troth Yeddha鈥 Campus in Fairbanks. Afterward, they鈥檒l answer questions from the audience. 

The reading is part of the Midnight Sun Visiting Writers Series, hosted by the UAF Department of English. 

The event is free and open to the public. Parking on campus is free after 5 p.m.

Kantner and McGuire, who also both fish commercially, address questions of identity in 成人影片 and Arctic communities in their writing.  

head and shoulders portrait of a woman in a winter landscape
Rosemary McGuire

Kantner鈥檚 most recent book is 鈥淎 Thousand Trails Home,鈥 published in 2021. Fellow 成人影片 author Don Rearden described it as 鈥渁n inspiring and important book about 成人影片n culture, biology, philosophy, history 鈥 and love for the creature [caribou] at the heart of life on the tundra.鈥

McGuire鈥檚 鈥淐old Latitudes,鈥 also published in 2021, recounts her experiences in the Arctic and Antarctica. 鈥淢cGuire is from and of the cold latitudes about which she writes,鈥 American writer Gretel Erlich said of the book. 鈥淚t shows in the chop and bang, the beauty and slide of her words as if lifted directly from the Arctic鈥檚 intrinsic difficulty and elegance.鈥

ADDITIONAL CONTACTS: Seth Kantner, 907-412-0906; Rosemary McGuire, 907-987-9125

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