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01/06/2026

We need stories that capture how we live — in the touch, the embrace, the everyday if boring intimacies that were never meant to be translated.

02/27/2024

01/07/2021

"... People are just being so nice. And so helpful, so good. And that’s huge. I think the story is, like how good it feels to live here right now with the people that are here. And that’s not always the case in Haines. We can be — There’s been times, that I’ve written about, when all I want to do is move. But it’s like right now, it feels really good."

Bestselling author Heather Lende, who lives in and writes about Haines, says it may be a while before her hometown’s shattered sense of safety can heal.

12/16/2020

"Revisiting 'Of Bears and Ballots: An Alaskan Adventure in Small-Town Politics' with author Heather Lende. Lende was one of the thousands of women inspired to take a more active role in politics during the past few years."

Today we talk with Heather Lende about her new book Of Bears and Ballots: An Alaskan Adventure in Small-Town Politics.

10/08/2020

"A timely reminder that running for office doesn’t need to be a blood sport."

The Independent is an important voice in the community of readers and writers dedicated to book reviews and writing about the world of books.

08/04/2020

“I hope what people will take away is that local government is really important and that you need to be involved, whether that’s running for office, being on committees, going to meetings, writing letters, registering people to vote — all of the things that are affected by local government… there’s a million little decisions that are made every week by the people you elect.”

For Heather Lende, the fall of 2016 was a time of great hope and optimism. The country was getting ready to elect its first female president, and the Alaska writer

08/01/2020

Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Evolution (Jason Bourne Book #15) Brian Freeman (fiction, GP Putnam’s Sons) Jason Bourne is back, and he’s ready for some more action. When his lover is killed in a mass …

07/18/2020

Join us for a virtual talk with author Heather Lende and NPR's Melissa Block on Lende's new book, Of Bears and Ballots!

05/08/2020

The News from Here May 8, 2020 | Blog My dogs “read” the news of their world with their noses, eyes, and ears. What they sense, is what is. What they see is what they get. Mostly, for Pearl, it’s pretty darn good around here. I have decided to try be more like my dogs. I am both a worrier and ...

10/03/2019

And now is the best time to be wearing it.