Poet Anne Coray was born and raised in Alaska. Her book of poetry, Bone Strings, reflects not only the beauty and grandeur that haunts anyone who has even seen a picture of the state, it presents the harshness and disquietude of Alaskan nature as well.
Bone Strings reads with a graceful rhythm, smooth and melodic. However, the poetry is often quite the opposite, describing the things that happen in nature we humans wish didn’t occur–like watching the wildlife channel and always hoping to see the rabbit escape the jaws of the wolf. Coray speaks from the vantage point of one who is well acquainted with all that is Alaska and its wilderness, and one who loves and honors it as well.
For the reader who loves the great outdoors and stands in awe of its complexities, its gentle beauty as well as its unforgiving hardness, Bone Strings will satisfy your urge to experience it all through poetry. I have one copy of Bone Strings to give away to a reader chosen at random. To win, enter here before midnight, Thursday June 12, 2008.
3 Ways to Win
1.) Leave a comment telling me something about your views on Alaska. Have you been there? Do you want to visit? Or do you live there? (Something more than “I want this book” is kindly suggested.) If the randomly chosen winner doesn’t reply to my email telling them they’ve won, I often choose the #2 winner based on their comment.
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Looks great! I want to go to Alaska SO bad. It looks beautiful.
I have never been to Alsaska but would LOVE to go someday
I’d love to go to Alaska, especially on a cruise! Maybe someday… Great site!
North to Alaska….I want to do this!!
I’ve never been to Alaska but it’s one gorgeous place I’ve heard and one of the places I want to see so bad on the list!!!!
I actually had a pen pal growing up who worked on a fishing boat during the summers with his family.. needless to say he didnt live to see his 17th birthday and I’ve not been so friendly with alaska every since..
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Never been to Alaska, would love to visit.
Alaska looks like a nice place to visit!id like 2 go fishing there and sightseeing.ty 4 the contest!
Alaska; from Mississippi to Alaska my mouth was spellbound; one sven day cruise from Seagway; Juneau, Glacier Bay, Anchorage, Fairbanks; love how travel is by seaplane or boat. Nature and not concrete with Walmart. Memories ABound.
I’d love to read this one! Thanks.
Would love to go! Thanks!
I would love to visit Alasks. Taking a cruise would be a good way to experience Alaska.
My son went to Alaska for his honeymoon and went fishing. The fish was sent back and it was wonderful!The halibut was out of this world , so different than what I get on the east coast. I would love to visit and take a cruise
I think Alaska is so beautiful- if it wasn’t so cold there most of the time, I would move there in a second.
I love the Alaskan wildlife! And the fresh salmon!
This looks like a great book. We have visited Alaska twice taking a trip up to Gates of the Artic and down to Seward. What a wonderful state!!
Alaska is great if you enjoy the outdoors and don’t suffer from cabin fever. You are stuck inside for quite a bit of the winter, but that is just life.
I would love to visit Alaska. I particularly want to see the blue ice of the glaciers. I have never been in an environment remotely like it. I’d also love to taste the sea food and to see the really wild areas. Maybe take a guided whitewater rafting tour down the Yukon. Yeah!
My parents took a cruise there and said it was one of the most beautiful places they ever went.
My husband and I are planning a trip to Alaska in 2009 for our 15th wedding anniversary. We’re looking forward to it!
Alaska is rugged, beautiful and remote. We are planning our first trip and are anticipating a great time.
I have never been, but I recently read into the wild and it sounds like an amazing place!
love to visit Alaska!!!
I want to visit Alaska as it is a harsh, but beautiful place. I read and watched “Into the Wild” and now, I want nothing more but to visit Alaska someday.
Alaska is great
I would love to visit Alaska someday. It sounds very peaceful and beautiful.
I have been to Alaska and I love it there. I hope to be able to move there someday.I would enjoy reading this book of poetry about one of my favorite places.
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Hmmm. I was late finding this. Too bad.
My wife and I strongly believe in expanding the horizons of our children and grandchildren, in part through travel. One of the most amazing things that we did for our son was to send him on an Outward-Bound trip to Alaska for his high school graduation present. Three weeks of being truly in the wilderness. Ocean kayaking, living in ice caves, ice climbing, and so on. There was a two week period of time where they didn’t see another human being outside their own small group.
And yes, he still talks about the experience. Just Saturday, when he brought his wife and his own two children over to our house for Father’s Day, he starting discussing the experience. Alaska is truly a place to build memories.
(By the way, I believe in Paying It Forward. All books that I receive through contests like this are donated to a library at a shelter home for women, after I read and review it myself.)
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