AQR - Vol. 12, No. 3 & 4, Spring/Summer 1994

About the Cover

This photograph of a Yukon River winter fish trap was taken in 1882 by gold seeker Charles O. Farciot. The photo was discovered in a trunk by Farciot’s great-niece, Alice E. Rose, more than 100 years later, and eventually found its way to Anchorage photographer, Ken Graham, Farciot’s great-great-great nephew.

© Ken Graham Archives, Charles O. Farciot, 1882

Table of Contents

TRUE NORTH: Five Essays of Alaska

Black River Autumn, Nick Jans
Two Lakes, Nancy Lord
Cobb Island, Carolyn Servid
Whiteout, Gary Holthaus
Trapping Wolves, Carolyn Kremers

Fiction

Freak Accidents, Gretchen McCullough
Live Audiences, Rob Roberge
Nostalgia, Annie Reid
Cagneyrama, Amber Dorko
The Good Companion, John Goulet
Callithumpian, Paul Witherington
Grace, Kirstin Scott
Detritus, Jacqueline Keren
Firetext, Claudia Ricci
Hor-ghay-Loo-ees-bor-g-hais, Marie Sheppard Williams
The Next Great Storm, Deborah Drnec Wilkes
The Stitching of a Baseball, Janice Levy
Thrown at Noon, Janice Levy
St. Nicholas Suite, Matt Clark

Poetry

Refrain, Lisa Fishman
Wood Heat, Ann Fox Chandonnet
Mary and the Angel, Ann Fox Chandonnet
Iris is Last, Ann Fox Chandonnet
Caged Arcanum, Susan F. Linehan
Another Conversation with the Moon, Reginald Shepherd
The Life of the Pond, June Namias
Sand-dollars, Paul Ruffin
The Next Great Storm, Deborah Drnec Wilkes
My Husband Whistling, Nance Van Winckel
Learning to Like It, Lance Olsen
I Have a Siren’s Voice, Jennifer Anne May
In Search of the Perfect Move, Susan Rich
Traveling the Map, Sheila Nickerson
From the East: First Light, Gastineau Chanel, Sheila Nickerson
Kooshdaka Visits My Daughter,Sheila Nickerson
Cavafy Against Winter Background, Brian Culhane
Night Drive, Brian Culhane