I teach literature and writing at Outer Coast, an experimental postsecondary school in southeast Alaska. Taking cues from such institutions as Black Mountain, Berea, and Deep Springs, Outer Coast teaches under a parallel Indigenous-Western curriculum, prizing student self-governance, rigorous academics, and knowledge-sharing and service to Lingít Aaní and the town of Sitka. We are proud to welcome our first undergraduate cohort in Fall 2024.I also write on the literature of the American South and Appalachia, American vernacular music, labor history, and food sovereignty.