The recently published first issue of the redeisgned and expanded Forum, the magazine of the Alaska Humanities Forum, is now available for download, free of charge. Just click the link below the cover image. File size 3.6 MB.
The Spring 2012 issue of Forum includes:
• "First Blood," an essay on the people's history of Alaska, by former state senator Willie Hensley, the author of Fifty Miles From Tomorrow: A Memoir of Alaska and The Real People.
• "Out of Africa," the story of Nigerian playwright Ademola Bello's persecution and remarkable journey to Alaska, by award-winning journalist and new AKHF grants officer Susy Buchanan.
• "The Forgotten War, Remembered," an article on World War II in the Aleutians by AKHF Board of Directors member and noted historian John Haile Cloe.
And much more.
The next issue of Forum is scheduled to be published in October.
For subscription information contact Forum editor David Holthouse: dholthouse@akhf.org