{"id":432848,"date":"2022-04-16T17:42:12","date_gmt":"2022-04-16T14:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/growing-up-in-alaska-prepares-you-for-anything\/"},"modified":"2022-04-16T17:42:12","modified_gmt":"2022-04-16T14:42:12","slug":"growing-up-in-alaska-prepares-you-for-anything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/growing-up-in-alaska-prepares-you-for-anything\/","title":{"rendered":"#Growing up in Alaska prepares you for anything"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a28c881375e3\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a28c881375e3\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/growing-up-in-alaska-prepares-you-for-anything\/#%E2%80%9CGrowing_up_in_Alaska_prepares_you_for_anything%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Growing up in Alaska prepares you for anything&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CGrowing_up_in_Alaska_prepares_you_for_anything%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Growing up in Alaska prepares you for anything&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>During the pandemic, Leigh Newman\u2019s Alaska upbringing really kicked into high gear. At one point, she made preparations in case there was a complete <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> breakdown in NYC, where she now lives.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a house in rural Connecticut that\u2019s my pretend Alaska. I have chickens. If I\u2019m disconnected from society, I can go shoot birds,\u201d she says with a laugh. \u201cI had 6 months of food, water, lifejackets and gatorade. Then, I bought a raft. And I thought, \u2018Someone is going to fight me for this raft.\u2019 I was prepared to launch it from Carroll Gardens into the Gowanus Canal. I said to my kids, \u2018Tell no one we have this raft.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She pays tribute to her home state in her collection of short stories, \u201cNobody Gets Out Alive\u201d (Scribner), a Kirkus-starred collection of tales of remote wilderness, railroad camps, broken marriages, Alaskan suburbs \u2014 and yes, moose dogs, which are exactly what they sound like: hot dogs made of moose. (Her 2013 memoir about growing up in Alaska, \u201cStill Points North\u201d was a finalist for the National Book Critic Circle\u2019s John Leonard Prize.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am tough,\u201d she acknowledges. \u201cI grew up hunting my own food and flying airplanes. My dad treated me like one of the guys. I had my own pistol. You have to know how to do a lot of things.\u201d It\u2019s necessary in a place where preparation can mean the difference between life and death. \u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/denali-national-park-alaska.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Growing up in Alaska has taught author Leigh Newman to fend for herself against the power of mother nature.\" class=\"wp-image-21887393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/denali-national-park-alaska.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/denali-national-park-alaska.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/denali-national-park-alaska.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Growing up in Alaska has taught author Leigh Newman to fend for herself against the power of mother nature.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Wolfgang Kaehler\/LightRocket via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhen stuff catches on fire, there\u2019s no fire department. I\u2019ve lost a friend to a black bear that they ran into on a hike. You always hear these stories. In Alaska, you can\u2019t think that you have more power than mother nature. Thinking you know it all is when people die.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While she has lived in New York on and off since 1993 \u2014 ten years were spent as a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a> writer, during which time she was frequently away \u2014 she fully settled in 2004, when she became pregnant and moved to Brooklyn.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While the city is certainly a change from her home state, it\u2019s not as different as you might think.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"767\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/leigh-newman.jpg?w=767\" alt=\"Author Leigh Newman\" class=\"wp-image-21887427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/leigh-newman.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1150 1150w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/leigh-newman.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=767 767w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/leigh-newman.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=383 383w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/leigh-newman.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 767px\"\/><figcaption>Author Leigh Newman<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Nina Subin<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cNYC and Alaska are both survival cultures,\u201d she says. \u201cPeople speak plainly and, at the same time, are aware someone might hurt them if they speak <em>too<\/em> plainly. People are very open and welcome. [Alaska] is a frontier culture and full of personality and eccentricity \u2014 and in many ways, so is New York.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn TV, people from Alaska are often toothless and driving ice roads,\u201d she says. \u201cIn reality, the intelligence of most Alaskans is pretty high. A lot of people came to Alaska to make it; they\u2019re very entrepreneurial, maybe social misfits. [In the book], I wanted to show a side of Alaska that did not show people living in Alaska in the bush, under a tarp \u2014 but people doing real jobs. An accountant who\u2019s also a bush pilot. Being a lawyer, but climbing mountains on the weekend. I wanted to show the tight bonds of the community. I wrote it because I love it.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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