January 2016: UAA Campus Bookstore talks explore true crime, climate adaptation and more

All UAA Campus Bookstore events are informal, free and open to the public. For more information, contact Rachel Epstein at (907) 786-4782 or repstein2@uaa.alaska.edu. For a look at future events, visit the bookstore website.

'True Crime as a Literary Genre' with authors Tom Brennan, Leland Hale and Glen Klinkhart Saturday, Jan. 9, 1-3 p.m. UAA/APU Consortium Library, Room 307

Tom Brennan (Dead Man's Dancer: The Mechele Linehan Story), Leland Hale (Butcher, Baker) and Glen Klinkhart (Finding Bethany) come together to discuss their work and challenges writing true crime books.

• Tom Brennan is a renowned newspaper columnist and author of numerous true crime books, including the recent Dead Man's Dancer: The Mechele Linehan Story. Mechele Linehan worked as an exotic dancer at the Alaska Bush Company to earn money for college. Her charms ensnared the affections of three men, and the combined effects of jealously, lust and greed took on a violently, deadly turn.
• Leland Hale is coauthor of the book Butcher, Baker: The Savage Sex Slayer Who Bloodied the Alaskan Landscape: A True Account of a Serial Murderer. It is the true-crime story of Alaska serial murderer Robert Hansen, who kidnapped, raped and butchered up to thirty women. Leland Hale is a dedicated writer who has also worked in politics, energy, aerospace and the software industries.
• Glen Klinkhart, born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska, was a police detective for more than seventeen years and worked hundreds of murder cases as a homicide detective. His book, Finding Bethany, tells the true story of how, as a young boy, Glen Klinkhart was unable to save his sister from a heinous sexual homicide, and how he began his journey as a police officer to bring those who would do evil upon others to justice.

This event is sponsored with Alaska Center for the Book. Note: There is free parking at UAA on Saturdays.

Lael Morgan and Marthy Johnson present 'How to Write and Sell Books' Saturday, Jan. 16, 1-3 p.m. UAA/APU Consortium Library, Room 307

Alaska authors Lael Morgan and Marthy Johnson discuss their experiences writing and publishing books.

• Lael Morgan is an accomplished author, teacher, journalist and publisher. She established Epicenter Press, with Kent Sturgis, in 1988. Today it is a major publisher of Alaska titles, with more than 175 books covering Alaska history, biographies, aviation, humor, true crime, mystery, dog mushing, Alaska Native themes and more. Lael Morgan is also the author of 16 books, including Good Time Girls of the Alaska-Yukon Gold Rush; Eskimo Star: From Tundra to Tinseltown: The Ray Mala Story; Art, Eskimo Power: The Life and Times of Alaskan Howard Rock; and Wanton West: Madams, Money, Murder and the Wild Women of Montana's Frontier. In addition to her many accomplishments, which include teaching writing and journalism courses at UAF and being named Alaska Historian of the Year, Lael Morgan teaches media writing online at University of Texas.
• Marthy Johnson is a freelance copy editor, writing instructor and author of the reference book Write & Wrong and the recently published novel Break Point Down: Game Over. A graduate of Brigham Young University and of a language academy in the Netherlands, she has turned her passion for the English language into a lifelong hobby and profession. According to Marthy Johnson, her book Write & Wrong is the outcome of years of frolicking through style and grammar books, dictionaries and thesauri. It grew out of reading and streamlining countless manuscripts--fiction, academic papers, articles, instruction manuals, reports and commercial copy--all in happy pursuit of the winning word and the singing sentence. In Marthy Johnson's novel, Break Point Down: Game Over, a repeat Grand Slam champion follows a dream that quickly gets away from him. "He was seventeen, a Golden Slam to his name. The future was dazzling." What can possibly happen?

Note: There is free parking at UAA on Saturdays.

'Alaska Policy & Climate Adaption Webinar Series: Tribal Sovereignty & Climate Change for Alaska Natives' Tuesday, Jan. 19, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. UAA/APU Consortium Library, Room 307

"Tribal Sovereignty & Climate Change for Alaska Natives" is a webinar presentation by Professor Elizabeth Krank, University of Kansas School of Law.

The presentation discusses how tribally specific tools and resources regarding tribal governments can effectively manage natural resources and encourage the federal government to recognize its trust responsibility to the villages. In addition, it addresses how the protection of the environment is consistent with the cultural and traditional needs of villages.

Note: For this event, there is free parking in the Library Lot, Library NE Lot and East Parking Garage.

Peter Dunlap-Shohl presents 'My Degeneration: A Journey Through Parkinson's (Graphic Medicine)' Saturday, Jan. 23, 1-3 p.m. UAA/APU Consortium Library, Room 307

Peter Dunlap-Shohl's graphic novel, My Degeneration: A Journey Through Parkinson's, explores what it is like living with Parkinson's and the numerous mental and physical changes brought on by the disease. Besides being a memoir, it explores new ways one can view the world and have a decent quality of life with the disease.

According to Tom Kizzia, Peter Dunlap-Shoh "tells the tale of his fast-changing reality with compassion and wicked humor, leaping from one crazily inventive work of art to the next."

Peter Dunlap-Shohl worked as a cartoonist for the Anchorage Daily News for 25 years. He has won various prizes, including the First Amendment Award from the Alaska Press Club.

Note: There is free parking at UAA on Saturdays.

Chilkoot Charlie's Mike Gordon: Learning the Ropes Friday, Jan. 29, 6-8 p.m. UAA/APU Consortium Library, Room 307

Mike Gordon, of Chilkoot Charlie's fame, shares stories about his life, Alaska, mountain climbing and personal challenges. From arriving in Seward in 1953, to creating an internationally known nightclub, to summiting the highest mountains on six continents, to finishing a master's degree at Alaska Pacific University, to keeping a marriage of thirty-two years, Mike Gordon's life seems idyllic. However, underneath his quite public successes are stories that acknowledge the many low places in his life and include how he ultimately manages to face his personal demons and put his priorities in order.

Note: There is free parking at UAA on Fridays.

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