Annie Wenstrup
@akwenstrup.bsky.social
Dena’ina poet. The Museum of Unnatural Histories, Wesleyan University Press, March 2025. Here for the fish.
I read an ARC of Ibe Liebenberg’s Birds at Night (@ttupress) at the beginning of the year. How lucky to have his language as a companion all year.
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December 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I read an ARC of Ibe Liebenberg’s Birds at Night (@ttupress) at the beginning of the year. How lucky to have his language as a companion all year.
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Amber McCrary Blue Corn Tongue (@azpress) made me laugh out loud right before it made me cry multiple times. I love how the speaker’s rich interiority is mirrored by their careful observations of the more than human world.
December 18, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Amber McCrary Blue Corn Tongue (@azpress) made me laugh out loud right before it made me cry multiple times. I love how the speaker’s rich interiority is mirrored by their careful observations of the more than human world.
I love that Poets and Writers editor India Lena González invited each debut poet to recommend works by other debut writers.
The gaps and reworkings/re-recordings in Abi Pollokoff’s night myths ** before the body (@redhenpress) invite the reader to linger with each poem.
The gaps and reworkings/re-recordings in Abi Pollokoff’s night myths ** before the body (@redhenpress) invite the reader to linger with each poem.
December 18, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I love that Poets and Writers editor India Lena González invited each debut poet to recommend works by other debut writers.
The gaps and reworkings/re-recordings in Abi Pollokoff’s night myths ** before the body (@redhenpress) invite the reader to linger with each poem.
The gaps and reworkings/re-recordings in Abi Pollokoff’s night myths ** before the body (@redhenpress) invite the reader to linger with each poem.
More recommendations! I love that Poets and Writers editor India Lena González invited each debut poet to recommend works by other debut writers.
You can read more about Kalehua and Mele in the newest issue of Poets and Writers where she’s featured on their 10 Best Debut Poets.
You can read more about Kalehua and Mele in the newest issue of Poets and Writers where she’s featured on their 10 Best Debut Poets.
December 18, 2025 at 8:45 PM
More recommendations! I love that Poets and Writers editor India Lena González invited each debut poet to recommend works by other debut writers.
You can read more about Kalehua and Mele in the newest issue of Poets and Writers where she’s featured on their 10 Best Debut Poets.
You can read more about Kalehua and Mele in the newest issue of Poets and Writers where she’s featured on their 10 Best Debut Poets.
I love that @poetswritersinc asked about my favorite 2025 releases. Even more, I love that India let me recommend Sarah Pape’s 2024 Forgive the Animal (@cornerstone.press). So gorgeous! Sarah’s currently selling signed copies + the beautiful totes in the final image, contact her for more details!
December 18, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I love that @poetswritersinc asked about my favorite 2025 releases. Even more, I love that India let me recommend Sarah Pape’s 2024 Forgive the Animal (@cornerstone.press). So gorgeous! Sarah’s currently selling signed copies + the beautiful totes in the final image, contact her for more details!
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Icymi: A week before Thanksgiving, the Trump administration deleted the Federal Report on Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women
The ‘Not One More’ report recorded indigenous deaths and disappearances, and provided resources and policy suggestions to address the crisis
www.jezebel.com/trump-admin-...
The ‘Not One More’ report recorded indigenous deaths and disappearances, and provided resources and policy suggestions to address the crisis
www.jezebel.com/trump-admin-...
December 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Icymi: A week before Thanksgiving, the Trump administration deleted the Federal Report on Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women
The ‘Not One More’ report recorded indigenous deaths and disappearances, and provided resources and policy suggestions to address the crisis
www.jezebel.com/trump-admin-...
The ‘Not One More’ report recorded indigenous deaths and disappearances, and provided resources and policy suggestions to address the crisis
www.jezebel.com/trump-admin-...
Anchorage readers, this Saturday stop by and say hello! I’ll be at Title Wave from 12-3 signing copies of The Museum of Unnatural Histories.
November 26, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Anchorage readers, this Saturday stop by and say hello! I’ll be at Title Wave from 12-3 signing copies of The Museum of Unnatural Histories.
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Hi all! Nice time to support Native writers during Native American Heritage Month with 40% off my book #AlaskaNativeResilience Voices from World War II when you order through UW Press website and use the code WINTER25
Quyaana!
uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...
Quyaana!
uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...
November 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Hi all! Nice time to support Native writers during Native American Heritage Month with 40% off my book #AlaskaNativeResilience Voices from World War II when you order through UW Press website and use the code WINTER25
Quyaana!
uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...
Quyaana!
uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...
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ALOCASIA is honored to be holding two nights of virtual readings to benefit the Western Alaska Relief Fund, to support communities impacted by the recent typhoon.
There is a suggested $10-25 donation.
We hope to see you there, and hope you'll spread the word!
Find out more: bit.ly/linkedhearts...
There is a suggested $10-25 donation.
We hope to see you there, and hope you'll spread the word!
Find out more: bit.ly/linkedhearts...
November 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
ALOCASIA is honored to be holding two nights of virtual readings to benefit the Western Alaska Relief Fund, to support communities impacted by the recent typhoon.
There is a suggested $10-25 donation.
We hope to see you there, and hope you'll spread the word!
Find out more: bit.ly/linkedhearts...
There is a suggested $10-25 donation.
We hope to see you there, and hope you'll spread the word!
Find out more: bit.ly/linkedhearts...
@jenniferschell16.bsky.social
So good! Your paper and Slash/Back!
So good! Your paper and Slash/Back!
So happy to publish an essay in this collection! It's called: "Alien Invasion and Multispecies Justice: Representations of Circumpolar Ecosystems in Contemporary Inuit Sci-Fi Horror Cinema."
I wrote it b/c I really wanted more people to see Slash/Back. Watch it! It's really good!
I wrote it b/c I really wanted more people to see Slash/Back. Watch it! It's really good!
November 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
@jenniferschell16.bsky.social
So good! Your paper and Slash/Back!
So good! Your paper and Slash/Back!
November 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Native American History Month is the perfect time for non-Indigenous writers and scholars to stop referring to Indigenous belief systems and stories as “folklore” and “myth.”
November 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Native American History Month is the perfect time for non-Indigenous writers and scholars to stop referring to Indigenous belief systems and stories as “folklore” and “myth.”
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February 5, 2026 | 7-9pm Cameron Awkward-Rich, @sadqueer4life.bsky.social, Chet’la Sebree, and @akwenstrup.bsky.social
February 19, 2026 | 7-9pm Sahar Khraibani, @faridmatuk.bsky.social, Michelle Peñaloza, and @roqueraquel.bsky.social
February 28, 2026 | 2-5pm 30th Showcase Community Reading
February 19, 2026 | 7-9pm Sahar Khraibani, @faridmatuk.bsky.social, Michelle Peñaloza, and @roqueraquel.bsky.social
February 28, 2026 | 2-5pm 30th Showcase Community Reading
November 6, 2025 at 12:45 AM
February 5, 2026 | 7-9pm Cameron Awkward-Rich, @sadqueer4life.bsky.social, Chet’la Sebree, and @akwenstrup.bsky.social
February 19, 2026 | 7-9pm Sahar Khraibani, @faridmatuk.bsky.social, Michelle Peñaloza, and @roqueraquel.bsky.social
February 28, 2026 | 2-5pm 30th Showcase Community Reading
February 19, 2026 | 7-9pm Sahar Khraibani, @faridmatuk.bsky.social, Michelle Peñaloza, and @roqueraquel.bsky.social
February 28, 2026 | 2-5pm 30th Showcase Community Reading
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Happy to help share the news of the Literary Arts Fund launch today and to serve as its executive director. More here: literaryartsfund.org
October 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Happy to help share the news of the Literary Arts Fund launch today and to serve as its executive director. More here: literaryartsfund.org
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Write a critical essay with me this Saturday! 🥰
In this generative workshop, we’ll cover essential elements of long and short form reviews, with a special focus on essay-length reviews. We’ll also address practical aspects of writing criticism including finding a home for your critical essay, and much more!
Sign-up: tinhouse.com/product/fall...
Sign-up: tinhouse.com/product/fall...
October 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Write a critical essay with me this Saturday! 🥰
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If there was ever a time that we need Indigenous stories told in our own language & imbued with our values - that time is NOW. It is with great honor & humility that we will premiere our short #TwoOldWomen film at #HIFF45 w/ our Kanaka relatives. 🙏🏽 Mahsi’choo to author #VelmaWallis for her support!
October 15, 2025 at 6:22 PM
If there was ever a time that we need Indigenous stories told in our own language & imbued with our values - that time is NOW. It is with great honor & humility that we will premiere our short #TwoOldWomen film at #HIFF45 w/ our Kanaka relatives. 🙏🏽 Mahsi’choo to author #VelmaWallis for her support!
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Maybe the Body by Asa Drake, forthcoming from Tinhouse
October 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Maybe the Body by Asa Drake, forthcoming from Tinhouse
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'Miserable': Hundreds sheltering in Western Alaska schools in dire conditions alaskapublic.org/news/environ...
👉🏾 bit.ly/help4wak
👉🏾 bit.ly/help4wak
'Miserable': Hundreds sheltering in Western Alaska schools in dire conditions
The state is evacuating the vulnerable and trying to find safe shelter for all. “We're moving as fast as we can,” the incident commander said. “We know that folks are miserable.”
alaskapublic.org
October 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
'Miserable': Hundreds sheltering in Western Alaska schools in dire conditions alaskapublic.org/news/environ...
👉🏾 bit.ly/help4wak
👉🏾 bit.ly/help4wak
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I have a new record coming out October 24th called "Live Like the Sky" and this is the first video by Inuk filmmaker asinnajaq. Filmed in Kangiqliniq (Rankin Inlet), Inukjuak, Tiotia:ke (Montreal), Pittsburgh & Philadelphia.
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson - Murder of Crows
YouTube video by youvechangedrecords
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September 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I have a new record coming out October 24th called "Live Like the Sky" and this is the first video by Inuk filmmaker asinnajaq. Filmed in Kangiqliniq (Rankin Inlet), Inukjuak, Tiotia:ke (Montreal), Pittsburgh & Philadelphia.
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I would just like everyone to know I did NOT write the title (or choose the pic, though it's a nice dad joke). But here's the op-ed I wrote for the NYTimes. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/o...
Opinion | How I Ran Afoul of the Air Force Academy
www.nytimes.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I would just like everyone to know I did NOT write the title (or choose the pic, though it's a nice dad joke). But here's the op-ed I wrote for the NYTimes. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/o...
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Listen here ya bald coot
Bird Names that Sound Like Insults (and Sometimes Are), Volume 3
We just can’t bananaquit them
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September 7, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Listen here ya bald coot
In July I had the pleasure of collaborating with @heideerdrich.bsky.social and Kim Blaeser on a poem inspired by Sky Hopinka’s work. You can watch us read the poem on YouTube and read the text at MoMA Magazine
youtu.be/SBReR5dkaXU?...
youtu.be/SBReR5dkaXU?...
In Na Po Poets on Spirit Lines in Words and Images
YouTube video by The Museum of Modern Art
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September 4, 2025 at 8:52 PM
In July I had the pleasure of collaborating with @heideerdrich.bsky.social and Kim Blaeser on a poem inspired by Sky Hopinka’s work. You can watch us read the poem on YouTube and read the text at MoMA Magazine
youtu.be/SBReR5dkaXU?...
youtu.be/SBReR5dkaXU?...
The best data we currently have about the scope of MMIP in Alaska comes from a 2018 Urban Indian Health Institute Report. You can read it at this link
www.uihi.org/wp-content/u...
www.uihi.org/wp-content/u...
August 31, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The best data we currently have about the scope of MMIP in Alaska comes from a 2018 Urban Indian Health Institute Report. You can read it at this link
www.uihi.org/wp-content/u...
www.uihi.org/wp-content/u...
In 2023 I had the privilege of speaking with artist about their advocacy to end violence against Indigenous Alaskans. I want to highlight their voices, always, but especially in light of the AKDPS’s refusal to assist Data for Indigenous Justice.
Bobby Qalutaksraq Brower “Healing Stitches”
Bobby Qalutaksraq Brower “Healing Stitches”
August 30, 2025 at 8:11 PM
In 2023 I had the privilege of speaking with artist about their advocacy to end violence against Indigenous Alaskans. I want to highlight their voices, always, but especially in light of the AKDPS’s refusal to assist Data for Indigenous Justice.
Bobby Qalutaksraq Brower “Healing Stitches”
Bobby Qalutaksraq Brower “Healing Stitches”