Author Biography

Poet Anne Coray was born in a log cabin on Qizhjeh Vena (Lake Clark), Alaska, where she lives today with her husband and fellow author Steve Kahn. Her writing is known for its depictions of landscapes--both physical and emotional--as well as its examination of change, loss, and survival. Coray has noted that her primary motive for writing is to change the world; as if it were possible, through written expression, to change humanity's genetic code. Her poetry as appeared in publications such as Southern Review, Poetry, and North American Review, and on the web site Verse Daily. Her poetry collections include: Bone Strings (2005), Violet Transparent (2010), and A Measure's Hush (2011). She also co-edited Crosscurrents North (2008), a collection of essays and poems.

Coray received her undergraduate degree from the University of Washington and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Alaska, Anchorage. Her work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, and she has been the recipient of grants and a fellowship from the Alaska State Council on the Arts and an Individual Artist Project Award from the Rasmuson Foundation.

Additional Information

• Anne Coray's web site
• A reading of her poem "The Egyptians had it All Wrong"

Author's Events: 

Writing the Rural Life—Lifelong Alaskans

Date and time: 

Saturday, April 16, 2011 - 10:00am

Genre: 

nonfiction

Venue: 

Menasha Public Library

Writing the Rural Life—Lifelong Alaskans

Steve Kahn (author of The Hard Way Home: Alaska Stories of Adventure, Friendship, and the Hunt) and Anne Coray (whose books include Violet Transparent, and A Measure’s Hush) read from their recently published collections. They also share glimpses of their subsistence lifestyle in remote Alaska and discuss rural life—as subject, inspiration, and launching pad for universal themes.

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