Jeremy Pataky

Our Montana roots stir with excitement because John Messick will be in Missoula soon as a Montana Book Festival author and presenter. If you’re in the area, track him down! Catch him on stage Sept. 7th... and either way, read his book COMPASS LINES: Journeys Toward Home

🚁 nice surprise this morning 🚁

Join us this Friday in McCarthy for a fall issue kickoff party. Come hang with Rose McAdoo and Erin McKinstry, Mark Vail, @BookishJulia, and co-publisher @JeremyPataky for a celebratory campfire reception. Aug. 18 at 5:30 PM at Jeremy's cabin. Email us for directions.

@natallman Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels

Best novel by a poet?

Thanks, Bill!

Speaking of astrophysics & stale beer, @Salon published a COMPASS LINES excerpt from our new title by John Messick. Check out the adaptation of the longer essay about polar research at the South Pole—a good book preview, and a break from geopolitics.

@julia_omalley Rare subspecies called magpizzapie

Secret’s out!

Ahhhh the joys of publishing from a remote cabin in Alaska. East coast person taking my printer payment for over the phone at 10 in the morning signs off with "Have a great evening!" Which come to think of it might have even felt premature even if I was on EST.

There's no welcome home like an icefall's welcome, no mood like a glacier’s own.

Pretty sure I saw more migrating snow buntings on the McCarthy to Anchorage drive than people altogether in town, here, since. Love when I get to see them mob through. I mostly think of them as predominantly white, but they camouflage pretty well perched in poplar.

I mean if you're going to break up during breakup, it's allowed that a volcano in Russia explodes and grinds things ahalt for emphasis but also perspective. adn.com/alaska-news/av…

Today, the museum shed.

@DanteMedema Suspense has its place but a little goes a long way!

Random, but I have news.

There’s no orange as vivid as kiddy sled orange in flat snow light. Glowingest thing for miles.

Grateful to see (online; no hard copy here in McCarthy!) a positive review of COMPASS LINES in today's @adndotcom written by former Alaska State Writer Laureate Nancy Lord, author of Fishcamp and Rock, Water, Wild, and many more. adn.com/arts/books/202…

In other banking news, my bank actually got robbed in Anchorage today

I loved @MMMoustakis's first book, BEAR DOWN, BEAR NORTH, and look forward to her new novel. Appearing tomorrow (Wednesday 22nd) at the Writer's Block! 6 PM

Back in the big city, ha, trying to head out to the woods soon! This fine trio kept me company all day

Come say hi at the @Terrainorg booth, where John Messick and I will both be signing our books on Thursday, Noon till 1 PM, booth 410 at AWP, two among many in a great lineup we're stoked to be part of. #awp2023 #AWP23 @awpwriter