Poet-historian's novel shines poetic light on state history
May 5th 9:56 pm | By Larry Smith Lost Mountain, by Anne Coray, is a book from the geographic heart of the biggest Alaska mining controversy of the 21st century - so far. Coray knows the territory well, as she was born and raised in the Bristol Bay uplands on Lake Clark. In this novel, she has created a community of creative spirits, an arts and crafts village which has many of the same concerns as Native villages in the region and some particular to a colony made for artists; she names it Whetstone Cove, Alaska. Passions run deep here. Some are sensual, as in the carving of sculpture...