Guests: Heather Lende, Alaska Writer Laureate. Leigh Newman, author of Nobody Gets Out AliveLeigh Newman and Heather Lende are both well known Alaska storytellers, yet they seem very different. Newman has a gritty, in-your-face style, while Lende writes with warmth and nuance. Both have one thing in common in their work: a love of authenticity and a passion for telling stories about real Alaskans.
Both women talk about their latest books — Lende’s Of Bears and Ballots, a look at adventures/misadventures of navigating small town politics — and Newman’s Nobody Gets Out Alive, a collection of hard scrabble stories about fearless Alaskan women.
