UA Press releases new book celebrating the diverse LGBTQ communities thriving in Alaska

The University of Alaska Press has released Building Fires in the Snow: A Collection of Alaska LGBTQ Short Fiction and Poetry, edited by Martha Amore and Lucian Childs.

Ours is a time of great change in the United States and Alaska regarding civil rights. These stories and poems capture what it is to live through such times-from the heyday boom of the 1970s oil pipeline to the more recent decisions granting marriage equality and equal-rights protections. Within the context of this social change, Building Fires in the Snow celebrates the diverse LGBTQ communities thriving in the cities and rural areas at the edge of Alaska's rugged wilderness.

Amore and Childs will discuss the collection at the UAA Campus Bookstore on Thursday, Sept. 22, from 5-7 p.m.

For more information about this title and many more please visit alaska.edu/uapress or call 800-621-2736.

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