Marilyn Sigman book reading and craft talk

April 10, 2018

University Relations

Longtime Alaskan Marilyn Sigman will give a reading Thursday, April 12, at 7 p.m. in the Murie Building Auditorium. Sigman will read from and discuss her new book "Entangled: People and Ecological Change in Alaska’s Kachemak Bay" (University of Alaska Press, 2018).

According to archaeologists, people have lived in Kachemak Bay and the traditional territories of the Alutiiq/Sugpiaq and Dena’ina peoples for 9,000-10,000 years. Oral histories also mark peoples’ time in the region as ancient and prehistoric. The ocean, too, has a history, and serves as the “memory of the climate system.” Marilyn Sigman will describe the insights she gained while researching and writing the book, exploring the interactions and entanglements of people as they have fulfilled their needs and desires, and what we might learn about possible human responses to times of rapid climate change.

Sigman has more than 35 years of experience as a wildlife and habitat biologist, environmental educator, and science communication specialist throughout Alaska, including more than a decade as a naturalist and director of the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies, based in Homer. She has a master’s degree in wildlife management from UAF and is a recent graduate of the UAA creative writing and literary arts MFA program. Her essays have been published in the Alaska Quarterly Review and We Alaskans.

This is a free public event. Parking is free after 5 p.m.

For more information, please contact University of Alaska Press at 907-474-5831.