Background
Nickerson was born in 1942 in New York City.
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Disappearance - A Map - A Meditation Of Death & Loss In The High Latitudes
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Disappearance: A Map. A Meditation on Death & Loss in the High Latitudes, 1996, 290 pages.
(Collectible. Signed by author on title page. 1996. Hardco...)
Collectible. Signed by author on title page. 1996. Hardcover with nice dust jacket. 290 pages.
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Along the Alaska Highway
(1st Place Winner Third Annual Sheltering Pines Press Chap...)
1st Place Winner Third Annual Sheltering Pines Press Chapbook Competition 2007
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Disappearance: A Map
(A lyrical meditation on the meaning of loss amid the wild...)
A lyrical meditation on the meaning of loss amid the wilderness landscape of Alaska's high latitudes tracks the incidence of disappearance--hikers, explorers, and others--along with the losses of the culture of the native peoples and natural resources of Alaska. Tour.
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Sheila Nickerson
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She also received a Doctor of Philosophy in Creative Writing from the Union Institute and University.
Career
Much of her writing focuses on Alaska, nature, and arctic exploration. After attending the Chapin School, she went on to Bryn Mawr College, where she majored in English. She previously lived in Juneau, Alaska, and currently lives in Bellingham, Washington.
Nickerson was named Poet Laureate of Alaska in 1977.
She was also Editor of Alaska"s Wildlife, a magazine published by the State of Alaska Department of Fish & Game. Nickerson"s poems and essays have been published in a number of literary magazines and anthologies.
In 1976, she was awarded the Pushcart Prize for the poem "The Song of the Soapstone Carver". Nickerson discussed disappearances in Alaska in the "Alaska"s Bermuda Triangle" episode of the The History Channel"s History"s Mysteries series.
In 2001 Nickerson was a Harriman Scholar participating in The Harriman Expedition Retraced, a voyage sponsored by Smith College and Public Broadcasting Service following the itinerary of the Harriman Alaska Expedition of 1899.
She was interviewed in a 2-hour Public Broadcasting Service documentary film about the The 2001 expedition.
Achievements
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She served as Poet Laureate of Alaska and was twice awarded the Pushcart Prize. She served as Writer-in-Residence for the State of Alaska Artists-in-the-Schools program, was Writer-in-Residence at the Alaska State Library, and was co-founder of University Within Walls, a statewide prison education program In 1986, she was again awarded the Pushcart Prize for the poem "Kodiak Widow".
Works
book
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Disappearance: A Map
(A lyrical meditation on the meaning of loss amid the wild...)
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Along the Alaska Highway
(1st Place Winner Third Annual Sheltering Pines Press Chap...)
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Disappearance: A Map. A Meditation on Death & Loss in the High Latitudes, 1996, 290 pages.
(Collectible. Signed by author on title page. 1996. Hardco...)
- Disappearance: A Map-A Mediation On Death & Loss In The High Latitudes
- Disappearance - A Map - A Meditation Of Death & Loss In The High Latitudes
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Disappearance: A Map
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Awards
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Pushcart Prize
The Pushcart Prize is an American literary prize by Pushcart Press that honors the best 'poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot' published in the small presses over the previous year.The Pushcart Prize is an American literary prize by Pushcart Press that honors the best 'poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot' published in the small presses over the previous year.
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Pushcart Prize
The Pushcart Prize is an American literary prize by Pushcart Press that honors the best 'poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot' published in the small presses over the previous year.The Pushcart Prize is an American literary prize by Pushcart Press that honors the best 'poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot' published in the small presses over the previous year.