Building Fires in the Snow: A Collection of Alaska LGBTQ Short Fiction and Poetry - Paperbackby Martha Amore (Editor), Lucian Childs (Editor) Diversity has always been central to Alaska identity, as the state's population consists of people with many different backgrounds, viewpoints, and life experiences. This book opens a window into these diverse lives, gathering stories and poems about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer life into a brilliant, path breaking anthology. In these pages we see the panoply of LGBTQ life in Alaska