Description:
Nancy Lord, one of Alaska's best-known writers, has been writing fiction and nonfiction in Alaska for more than fifty years. Let Them Tell You gathers selected stories from her three previous short fiction books, each first published in a different decade, alongside newer work, some published in journals and some unpublished until now.
Brief description: Nancy Lord is a longtime resident of Homer, Alaska, and a former commercial salmon fisherman. She teaches creative writing at the University of Alaska Anchorage and science writing at Johns Hopkins University. Her books include Fishcamp, Beluga Days, and Early Warming.
Review Quotes:
"Artful, playful, literary, a delight to read and distinctly Alaskan. Let Them Tell You will appeal to Lord's longtime readers and be inviting to anyone new to her work."
--Jericho Williams, University of Alaska Fairbanks
"It's a joy to read these selected writings from different periods in Lord's career. The collection offers place-based reflections on what it means to make Alaska one's home, and what it means to go against the American mainstream in doing so, while weaving together realistic narratives with myth, fable, and legend."
--Susan Kollin, Montana State University