Vivian Faith Prescott was born and raised on a small island in Southeast Alaska and lives at her fishcamp—Mickey's Fishcamp—in Wrangell, Alaska. She's a founding member of Blue Canoe Writers in Sitka and Wrangell and also belongs to the Pacific Sámi Searvi. Along with her daughter, Vivian Mork Yéilk', she writes a column for the Juneau Empire called Planet Alaska. She's the author of five chapbooks, including "The Last Glacier at the End of the World" (Split Rock Press 2020), two full-length poetry collections, and a book of linked stories. Her foodoir My Father's Smokehouse is forthcoming from West Margin Press/Alaska Northwest Books in 2022.

Books by Vivian Faith Prescott:

Other poems on the web by Vivian Faith Prescott:
"Petroglyph"
"Much Addicted to the Superstitions of their Ancestors"
"Ukiuq — Become Winter"
"Sami Diaspora"
"As Us"

Vivian Faith Prescott's Website.

Vivian Faith Prescott on Twitter.

About 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

"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