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Without a Paddle
A powerful and moving collection of poems by renowned Alaskan author Don Rearden.
201 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 5, 2025
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Don Rearden
9 books75 followersCalled a "master of the cliffhanger" by the Washington Post, Don Rearden is the co-author of Warrior's Creed (St. Martin's Press 2019) the best-selling Never Quit (St. Martin's Press 2017), and the award winning novel, The Raven's Gift. Published by Pintail and Penguin US, Penguin Canada, Text Publishing Australia 2012, and Fleuve Noir (France 2013).
Don Rearden grew up on the tundra of Southwestern Alaska. His experiences with the Yup'ik culture shaped both his writing and to a larger extent his worldview. He is a produced screenwriter, film producer, and published poet, and his heart often draws his writing back to characters and stories that originate on the tundra. In his fiction he hopes to shed light on the struggles of everyday life in rural Alaska, a place outsiders often view as a mystical and mysterious land.
Rearden lives in the mountain community of Bear Valley, Alaska, and is a professor at the University of Alaska Anchorage where he shows writers how to develop their creative voices. Much of his writing and thought is influenced from learning experiences in the Alaskan wilderness, as well as from the teachings and writings of his mentor and friend, the late Daniel Quinn, author of Ishmael and The Story of B.
Don Rearden grew up on the tundra of Southwestern Alaska. His experiences with the Yup'ik culture shaped both his writing and to a larger extent his worldview. He is a produced screenwriter, film producer, and published poet, and his heart often draws his writing back to characters and stories that originate on the tundra. In his fiction he hopes to shed light on the struggles of everyday life in rural Alaska, a place outsiders often view as a mystical and mysterious land.
Rearden lives in the mountain community of Bear Valley, Alaska, and is a professor at the University of Alaska Anchorage where he shows writers how to develop their creative voices. Much of his writing and thought is influenced from learning experiences in the Alaskan wilderness, as well as from the teachings and writings of his mentor and friend, the late Daniel Quinn, author of Ishmael and The Story of B.
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