Hook, line and sinker: Sitkan fisherpoets captivate Alaskan librarians with their stories

Hook, line and sinker: Sitkan fisherpoets captivate Alaskan librarians with their stories

Over 30 attendees gather to hear the works of Sitkan fisherpoets as part of the Alaska Library Association conference (KCAW/Cotter) Dave Turcott is a commercial fisherman who has been trolling in southeast Alaska since the 1960s. Yet it was only two years ago that Turcott began transcribing his experiences from the sea onto paper, earning him the title of a “fisherpoet.” Standing behind a podium at the Sitka Public Library with the ocean at his …