ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Vivian Faith Prescott was born and raised in Southeast Alaska and lives at her family’s fishcamp—Mickey’s Fishcamp—in Wrangell, Alaska. She holds an MFA from the University of Alaska and a PhD in Cross Cultural Studies from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. She’s a founding member of Community Roots, the first LGBTQ group on the island. She’s also a member of the Pacific Sámi Searvi, and writes frequently about Sámi diaspora and climate change in Alaska. She is the author of four chapbooks, two full-length poetry books, and a short story collection. Along with her daughter, Vivian Mork Yéilk', she writes a column for the Juneau Empire called Planet Alaska.

PRAISE FOR THE LAST GLACIER AT THE END OF THE WORLD

Climate grief, Sami culture, and the ocean's relentless tongue weave through poems that study "the brash light of us" as we, locals and tourists alike, witness the warming world. Prescott's dedication to place permeates every page of this book. She comes into knowledge not of but through the world of Southeast Alaska that she lives in, its deer and loons and, yes, glaciers. Such keen attunement to place makes the sorrow and rage of these poems all the more potent, "a current / swelling on the surface of all our urgings and ruin."

— ELIZABETH BRADFIELD, author of TOWARD ANTARCTICA

This moving chapbook reflects on the impacts of climate change in Alaska. Through lyric, documentary, and indigenous modes, Prescott chants the beauty of ice and ocean, mourns the loss of fish and glaciers, and sustains the hope of her children and grandchildren. “Know where the sacred places are,” she teaches us. "Rebuild the seawall." And believe in "the strength of our remembering."

— CRAIG SANTOS PEREZ, author of HABITAT THRESHOLD