In Sean Ulman’s Seward Soundboard, Seward, Alaska is where the sky spinning a fleece of mist is as much a character as a tsunami siren echoing off the mountains, a hymn of noon bells, tourists gawking at the sun-licked Exit Glacier, a Mt. Marathon racer dirtied with blood and sap, and quirky locals such as the beachcombing Lightseeker playing with parallelogram prisms and studying the sun through a shoebox. Ulman’s style is unique with skillfully crafted language—both poetic and lyrical, creating a quirky and recognizable small town Alaskan community.
— Vivian Faith Prescott, author of The Dead Go to Seattle
With a playful, acrobatic use of language, Sean Ulman shines an intimate spotlight into every corner of this small harbor town, where the elements of weather--from sustained winds to perpetual rain to the much sought after sun-- hold starring roles in the lives of the eclectic community of folks that visit or call Seward home.
— Christy Everett, author of the blog Following Elias
In Seward Soundboard Sean Ulman travels widely in Seward, the small seacoast town in Alaska. Like the headlight from a train going around a curve, in quick succession he flashes with a keen eye on the lives of the young and old, night and day, the snowy vistas, pouring rain, sea sparkle, the silly, the sad, the great and small activities that collect to make a society in a stunning place. With wicked word-play, humor and insight, like a kaleidoscope, the bright imagery tumbles before our eyes as the poetic element breaks through.
— David McElroy, author of poetry books Mark Making and Just Between Us.
There is a certain intimacy about Alaska - one that requires patience and endurance to truly appreciate and understand. In Sean Ulman's Seward Soundboard, he does what few are capable of doing by appreciating the delicate and minute details of the Last Frontier's harsh and wondrous life and then setting it in motion to the ebb and flow of a small, Alaskan town."
— Rickey Gates, author of Cross Country