'A Lot of Great Work': Arts Association Selects 2017 Statewide Poetry Contest Winners

KUAC | By Lori Neufeld

Published April 7, 2017 at 2:26 PM AKDT

First place-winners of the Fairbanks Arts Association's 23rd Annual Statewide Poetry Contest talk with KUAC's Lori Neufeld about what inspires them and then offer a reading of their works. Neufeld's interviewees include, in this order, this year's judge, Jeremy Pataky, who sees a bright future for Alaska's poets; elementary school winner Darcy Misel; high school winner Sasha Gorda; and adult winner Kersten Christiansen.

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Lori Neufeld

Lori’s love for public broadcasting runs deep. She was raised on Car Talk, Morning Edition, Adventures in Good Music with Karl Haas, and later while studying wildlife biology at Bethel College in North Newton, Kansas, she realized that if she helped answer phones during the fund drive at KMUW, she could meet and chat with the hosts of locally produced shows.

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