Date of Award
5-1-2004
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Abstract
The Face of the Waters is the memoir of a spring and summer in Alaska's fishing industry. In March 2000, I found work as a deckhand in Cook Inlet. For the next five months I traveled from fishery to fishery, working on boats throughout coastal Alaska. Alaska's fisheries are deeply bound up with its identity as a state, supporting an independent, romantic way of life rare in the world today. Yet the existence of these fisheries is threatened by problems ranging from global warming to currency exchange rates. I have drawn on the record in my journal, interviews with fishermen, essays and archival material to chronicle an industry and a way of life beset by change. On a deeper level, The Face of the Waters uses the context of my adventures to explore the nature of personal fate, love, and the importance of place.
Recommended Citation
McGuire, Rosemary Desideria, "The face of the waters: a season in Alaska's fisheries" (2004). Creative Writing. 93.
https://scholarworks.alaska.edu/uaf_grad_crwriting/93
Handle
http://hdl.handle.net/11122/5996