That's What The American Odyssey Is Really

Tom Kizzia Hasn't Just Observed And Written About Alaska For Three-plus Decades, He's Lived It. 'pilgrim's Wilderness' Is A Story That Needed To Be Told By The Only Man Who Could Tell It.

I'm Not An Impersonator. I've Only Got One Voice And Only Do One Guy And His First-person Essays.

Americans Are Generally Very Self-sufficient And I Think Generally Averse To Pretension, Just As I Am.

For Some People, You Know, Garrison Keillor, Rush Limbaugh, Really The Stars, They've Got A Passion. They Eat, Drink And Breathe Radio, And I'm Not Like That. I Used To Think I Wanted To Be. But I Need To Be Away From It, Too, And That's The Difference, I Think.

I Come From Very Common Stock, And I've Always Been Uncomfortable With Pretension And All The Forms It Can Take, Including Disingenuous Broadcasting.