Seth Kantner Reading

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Seth Kantner reads selections from his novel, Ordinary Wolves. During a brief question and answer session, Kantner discusses how closely the dialect in the book matches the true dialect of the Inupiaq language of the native peoples of the Alaskan region.  Kantner points out that his book generally stays true to the language, although many of the phrases in the book were the influence of a person that Kantner knew when he was young. 

In: "Live from Prairie Lights" Audio Archive | Fiction

Authors: Seth Kantner

Date Recorded: June 18, 2004

Works Read: Ordinary Wolves, by Seth Kantner

Program: Live From Prairie Lights

Format: reading

Contributors: Introduction by host Julie Englander.

Topics: Alaska, Inupiaq language

Note: While the reading lasted 59 minutes, the audio recording cuts out at 28 mins.

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