# Event Details

- **Event Name**: An Evening of Words & Wit with Don Rearden and Seth Kantner
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 06 Feb, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Fri, 06 Feb, 2026 at 07:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Join two Alaska literary voices, Seth Kantner and Don Rearden, for a conversation that explores the wild intersections of humor, identity, and the role of writers as modern tricksters.

From the tundra to the classroom, Kantner and Rearden discuss how storytelling both shapes and subverts who we are, how humor survives in harsh landscapes, and why the writer, like the ancient trickster, exists to disturb, illuminate, and reveal truth.

Presented in conjunction with the Tricksters and Sourdoughs: Humor and Identity in Alaska exhibition, on view on the Second Floor.

6:30-7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6, in the Auditorium

About the Speakers
Seth Kantner was born and raised in the wilderness of northern Alaska and homeschooled on the land. He has worked as a commercial fisherman, wilderness guide and adjunct professor, and has spoken nationwide and in Canada. He is a Whiting Award winner for his debut novel Ordinary Wolves, which also won the Milkweed National Fiction Prize, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award, Publishers Weekly Best Books, and other awards. 

Don Rearden is a novelist, screenwriter, and sometimes tundra poet. Rearden wrote the critically acclaimed The Raven's Gift, which made The Washington Post Notable List for Fiction, calling him “a master of the cliffhanger.” He co-authored the best-selling memoirs Never Quit and Warrior's Creed.

Image 1: Joe Yelverton
Image 2: Kiliii Yuyan
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/anchorage/an-evening-of-words-and-wit-with-don-rearden-and-seth-kantner/200029394196911
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, exhibitions, storytelling
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 466

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Anchorage
- **state**: AK
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 625 C Street, Anchorage, AK, United States, Alaska 99501
- **lat**: 61.21606
- **long**: -149.88712
- **full address**: 625 C Street, Anchorage, AK, United States, Alaska 99501

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- **organizer**: Anchorage Museum (https://allevents.in/org/anchorage-museum/4641948)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 06 Feb, 2026 at 06:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 625 C Street, Anchorage, AK, United States, Alaska 99501
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Anchorage Museum
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, exhibitions, storytelling
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about An Evening of Words & Wit with Don Rearden and Seth Kantner ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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