featured poet

Vivian Faith Prescott was born and raised on the island of Kaachx̱ana.áakʼw, Wrangell, Alaska, in the Alexander Archipelago. She lives and writes as a climate witness in Lingít Aaní on the land of the Shtax’heen Kwáan at Mickey’s Fishcamp near Keishangita.aan, Red Alder Head Village. She’s a member of the Pacific Sámi Searvi and a founding member of Community Roots, the first LGBTQIA group on the island. She’s the author of three poetry collections, five chapbooks, a book of linked short stories, and a foodoir. Along with her daughter, Vivian Mork Yéilk’, she co-hosts the award-winning Planet Alaska Facebook page and Planet Alaska column appearing in the Juneau Empire. Her new chapbook, Fat for Our Stories, was selected from last year's open-reading period.