August 20, 2003

Boise State Professor Presents Workshop on James Castle Books

Tom Trusky, a Boise State University English professor and director of the university-based Idaho Center for the Book, will present a workshop on James Castle’s Icehouse Books at 10:45 a.m. Friday, Sept. 5. The workshop is part of the Idaho Commission on the Arts statewide conference “Art Matters 2: Childhood, Livelihood, Neighborhood.” Register online at www2.state.id.us./arts/. Cost for the two-day conference is $100. James Castle created thousands of books in his lifetime, but the rarest and most intriguing are his Icehouse Books. Reportedly found in an icehouse in Garden Valley, the volumes have survived decay, demolition and indifference. Trusky has spent a decade studying the Icehouse Books and will unravel their story and translate their mysterious message in this slide-lecture presentation. -30- Contact Tom Trusky Department of English 208 426-1999 Media Contact Kathleen Craven communications and marketing 208 426-3275 Return to News home