Thursday, April 10th (7:00PM)

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Host: Susan Goslee
Readers: Leslie Leek, Will Peterson, Susan Swetnam, and Marty Vest

Leslie Leek is proud to have been a part of the Rocky Mountain Writers' Festival since its fabled beginning at the Walrus and Carpenter when she was unfortunately trapped inside the book store during the infamous erotic rambling of the ex-priest from Idaho Falls while many of her compatriots escaped to drink beer and smoke outside. She attended the disputed "Festival genesis" at the Standrod Mansion and has missed perhaps two nights of festival readings over the years. She and Steven Puglisi were the M.Cs of several of the Saturday night readings at the Warehouse. Leslie continues to explore the writing of fiction.

Will Peterson is the author of three books of poetry: “Luctare Pro Passione” (1995), “The Flows” (1998), “Atlas of the Unknown West” (1999), and “Love Poems from Mink Creek” (2001).

Susan Swetnam has been teaching English at Idaho State University and writing for almost thirty years. She’s published four books (with another one currently in press) and many articles and essays. Her essay collection, Home Mountains (Washington State University Press, 2000), won an Idaho Library Association prize in 2000, and on her last sabbatical she was awarded an Espy Foundation Writer-in-Residence Fellowship in Washington State. She is currently a nominee for ISU’s Distinguished Researcher Award, and for a Fulbright Fellowship in Italy. Her newest book is a collection of personal essays about teaching, titled My Best Teachers Were Saints (Loyola Press, 2007).

Marty Vest   (bio forthcoming)