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World Service,2 mins
Why does Alaska have some of America's highest suicide rates?
The Cultural FrontlineAvailable for over a year
Writer and journalist Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock explores why Alaska has some of the harshest suicide rates in North America, and considers what role literature can play in telling these often untold stories. (Photo: fisherman in rural Alaska Credit:OMAR TORRES/AFP/Getty Images)
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