Carla Helfferich

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writer

A publisher, editor, and writer, Carla Helfferich has her own business, McRoy & Blackburn, Publishers. She worked for many years as the managing editor of the University of Alaska Press. Her long career as a writer has included articles for the Alaska Science Forum in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, prize-winning poetry, and a mystery novel, as well as numerous pieces in The Ester Republic, and has won an award from the Alaska Press Club for her work. She has been a much-appreciated editor for the Republic, as well as for countless scientists, historians, engineers, students, and the like, not to mention her two daughters.

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McRoy & Blackburn

book reviews in the Republic

Republic articles:

v. 10 n. 9: Attractive, but… (book review)
v. 9 n. 5:
-- Fascinating Company (book review)
-- "There once was a woman in Ester..." (poetry)
v. 8 n. 12: Open a Narrowing Mind (book review)
v. 8 n. 4: Zen and the Art of Spinach Lasagne
v. 8 n. 2: A Very Short Poem in Honor of Seeing the End of January 2006
2005 Publisher's Pick for Series (v. 7 nos. 5-10)
v. 7 n. 10: Sliced and Stoned in Honolulu, or, How I Spent My Winter, conclusion
v. 7 n. 9: Sliced and Stoned in Honolulu, or, How I Spent My Winter, part five
v. 7 n. 8: Sliced and Stoned in Honolulu, or, How I Spent My Winter, part four
v. 7 n. 7: Sliced and Stoned in Honolulu, or, How I Spent My Winter, part three
v. 7 n. 6: Sliced and Stoned in Honolulu, or, How I Spent My Winter, part two
v. 7 n. 5: Sliced and Stoned in Honolulu, or, How I Spent My Winter, part one
v. 7 n. 4: The Other Guy's Editorial --howling (letter to the editor)
v. 7 n. 1: Baked Steak
v. 6 n. 11: Cheering Up the Left
(Alaska Press Club winner 2004, 2nd place Best Editorial Writing, small newspapers)
v. 6 n. 10: Spruce Trees and the Sack of Rome
v. 6 n. 9: Uncle Steiner's Authentic Austro-Hungarian Imperial Goulash
v. 6 n. 7: letter to the editor: I shall try to write better next time
v. 6 n. 5: Duty
(Alaska Press Club winner 2004, 2nd place Best Editorial Writing, small newspapers)
v. 5 n. 11: Undressing for Defense
v. 5 n. 9: The Idiot in the Machine: a cautionary tale
v. 5 n. 5: Let's Hear It for Halibut
v. 5 n. 4:
-- December 6 (book review)
-- letter to the editor: postelection musings part II isn't going to happen
v. 4 n. 10: Postelection Musings Part I: Is Downhill Necessarily a Bad Direction?
v. 4 n. 9: Radio Rant
v. 4 n. 8: A Small Comment on the Big Picture
v. 4 n. 3: Masterly Planning
v. 3 n. 9: Drinking with Buildings
v. 2 n. 12: Peace—Someplace
v. 2 n. 10: Is "Yukon" A Pun? A Northern Traveler Eyes the Election
v. 2 n. 8: For What It's Worth
v. 2 n. 4: Hero in the Line of Public Fire
v. 2 n. 3: Cats, Dogs, Corporations
v. 1 n. 8: The Tagish Charlie Factor
v. 1 n. 7: Satisfyingly Loathesome (book review)
v. 1 n. 6: Esteroids Abroad: Highlights of a Meander Along the Moselle
v. 1 n. 1: A Vote for (Classy) Mind Candy (book review)

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