Corinna Cook is the author of a new Alaska-Yukon collection, Permafrost Is an Archive (2026) and Leavetakings (2020). Her current project is an NEH-funded history about the early years of the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission. READ BIO.

Visual Scribe illustrates the Leavetakings book launch

Above: Yukon-based Graphic Recorder / Visual Art Scribe Hannah McDonald illustrates the Leavetakings book launch in this gorgeous 23-second clip. Below: stills by Hannah McDonald.