Crude Awakening explains the growing pains and tribulations of a new state coming of age in the modern era – a state of wilderness, and Sourdoughs, thousands of years of Native culture, fishermen, prospectors and pioneers, brilliant minds and brave souls writing their own Constitution. In some ways comparable to the spirit of newness, hope and optimism of Philadelphia in the 1830s, Alaska’s coming out party had a darker and more raucous side.
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Jeanne Devon |
- About Me:
- Founder and editor of Alaska's most authoritative and widely read political blog, The Mudflats, Jeanne Devon is a repeat winner of the annual Blogger's Choice Award, and the Alaska Press Club's award for Best Blog Commentary. Cited throughout Alaska and the nation, The Mudflats has been covering Sarah Palin since her gubernatorial administration and prior to her rise to international fame. Devon is also a regular contributor to The Huffington Post, authored a chapter of the 2009 book Going Rouge: An American Nightmare (compiled by editors of The Nation magazine), has appeared on MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show," and hosted live Q&A about Alaska Politics at The Washington Post. In addition to Devon's contributions to print, television and online media, a loyal following of radio listeners tunes in to her weekly "Thursdays In the Mud" segment on the Fox Radio Network's "The Shannyn Moore Show." You can follow Jeanne on Twitter - @Mudflats, or on Facebook.
- About Me:
- Founder and editor of Alaska's most authoritative and widely read political blog, The Mudflats, Jeanne Devon is a repeat winner of the annual Blogger's Choice Award, and the Alaska Press Club's award for Best Blog Commentary. Cited throughout Alaska and the nation, The Mudflats has been covering Sarah Palin since her gubernatorial administration and prior to her rise to international fame. Devon is also a regular contributor to The Huffington Post, authored a chapter of the 2009 book Going Rouge: An American Nightmare (compiled by editors of The Nation magazine), has appeared on MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show," and hosted live Q&A about Alaska Politics at The Washington Post. In addition to Devon's contributions to print, television and online media, a loyal following of radio listeners tunes in to her weekly "Thursdays In the Mud" segment on the Fox Radio Network's "The Shannyn Moore Show." You can follow Jeanne on Twitter - @Mudflats, or on Facebook.
FDL Book Salon Welcomes Amanda Coyne and Tony Hopfinger, Crude Awakening: Money Mavericks and Mayhem in Alaska |
| By: Jeanne Devon Sunday November 13, 2011 1:59 pm |
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FDL Book Salon Welcomes Richard Kim and Colin Robinson, Going Rouge, Sarah Palin, An American Nightmare |
| By: Jeanne Devon Saturday December 12, 2009 2:00 pm |
If “Going Rogue – An American Life” by Sarah Palin is the toxic fluff that promises to fill conservative Christmas stockings across the nation this book-buying season, then “Going Rouge – An American Nightmare” is the antidote.
Richard Kim and Betsy Reed, Senior Editors at The Nation have cast the net wide and gathered a collection of existing essays and new material on Alaska’s most infamous ex-governor. The anthology is published by O/R Books, a nascent publishing venture that seeks to “embrace progressive change in politics, culture, and the way [they] do business.”
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