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Sunday, 6 October 2013 – 5:19 PM | Comments Off on A long-overdue Bent Alaska update — October 2013

Bent Alaska’s blog will continue in hiatus indefinitely; but the Bent Alaska Facebook Group on Facebook is thriving — join us! A long-overdue update from Bent Alaska’s editor.

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Articles by Annie Muse

Annie Muse is an Anchorage poet and essayist who earns her keep as an engineer. She's a fan of yoga & Christo & sewing & Schiele & Barlach & biscuits and blackberry jam.

Occupy Language: On the meaning of “occupy”

Monday, 9 January 2012 – 2:10 PM | Comments Off on Occupy Language: On the meaning of “occupy”
Occupy Language: On the meaning of “occupy”

Annie Muse comments on use of the word occupy, jumping off from a December blog post (“What if We Occupied Language?” 21 Dec 2011, nytimes.com), in which H. Samy Alim wrote, “Occupy Wall Street has occupied language, has made ‘occupy’ its own…. What if we transformed the meaning of occupy yet again?”

I Heard the Moon Call — A Song for My Trans Sisters

Monday, 19 December 2011 – 3:13 PM | Comments Off on I Heard the Moon Call — A Song for My Trans Sisters
I Heard the Moon Call — A Song for My Trans Sisters

Bent Alaska is pleased to welcome a new contributor, Annie Muse. With her poem “I Heard the Moon Call,” we’re also pleased to inaugurate Bent Alaska’s greater inclusion of the creative writing of LGBTQA Alaskans.