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EVENT NEWS / February 15, 2008

J. Reuben Appelman Will Be Featured March 7 as Part of the Boise State University MFA Reading Series

Poet and screenwriter J. Reuben Appelman will give a reading at 7:30 p.m. March 7 in Room 118 of the Interactive Learning Center on the Boise State University campus. Appelman’s appearance is part of the MFA Reading Series and is free and open to the public.

Appelman is a poet, novelist and screenwriter who most recently wrote the children’s adventure film “The Five,” currently in post-production. His book of poetry, “Make Loneliness,” was recently published by Otis Books/Seismicity Editions. Appelman is the first graduate of Boise State’s MFA in creative writing program to have a book published.

He worked on the documentary “Playground” about the child sex trade in America, executive produced by George Clooney; “Cha-Cha-Cha!,” a narrative feature that he wrote in collaboration with director and Boise State alum Michael Hoffman; and several other feature-length screenplays, including “Person of Interest,” currently filming in Idaho, and an HBO Project Greenlight semi-finalist script, “Sharing the Drive.”

Appelman’s other work includes the novel “Letters to Paris in Jail.” He is a multiple grant recipient from the Idaho Commission on the Arts and teaches at Boise State University.

Free and open to the public, the MFA Reading Series brings nationally renowned authors and poets to the Boise State campus. Past speakers include Rick Bass, Chris Offutt, Rae Armantrout, Alice Notley, Michael Palmer, Joy Williams, Denis Johnson, Richard Bausch, and Nathaniel Mackey.


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Media Contact: Julie Hahn, University Communications, (208) 426-5540, juliehahn@boisestate.edu

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Last reviewed on Friday, February 15, 2008