Background
Elyse Guttenberg was born in New York City and grew up in Astoria, and Rochdale Village in Queens.
Elyse Guttenberg was born in New York City and grew up in Astoria, and Rochdale Village in Queens.
At UAF Guttenberg was one of the founding editors of Permafrost, the nation"s farthest north literary journal. Luke Hopkins is currently the mayor of the Fairbanks North Star Borough, having been elected to the post in 2009 following his retirement from a career working at UAF. Grier Hopkins is a legislative aide to Alaska State Senator Joe Thomas. Guttenberg is the recipient of an Individual Artist Fellowship in Literature from the Alaska State Council on the Arts, as well as an Artist"s Initiative grant.
Guttenberg served for many years as a member of the Alaska State Council on the Arts Literature Review Panel, and the Fairbanks North Star Borough Library Commission.