November 5, 2003

Author, Boise State Prof To Read From Her Fiction Novel At Log Cabin

Elise Blackwell, author of Hunger (Little, Brown, 2003), will read from her novel at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21, at the Log Cabin Literary Center, 801 South Capitol Blvd. in Boise. Admission is free. A professor of fiction writing in the MFA program for creative writing in Boise State University’s English department, Blackwell joined the faculty this fall; this will be her first reading in Boise. Her novel has won praise from reviewers around the world, including Nobel prize-winner J.M. Coetzee, who writes, “In Elise Blackwell’s original and engrossing short novel, Leningrad during the German siege forms the background for an exploration of love and betrayal, as well as for some richly sensual evocations of the pleasures of eating.” Based on true events from World War II, Hunger is, in another reviewer’s words, “A striking debut . . . a wrenching existential drama that Blackwell handles with spare prose and abundant compassion.” -30- Contact Janet Holmes English department 208 426-2195 Media Contact Kathleen Craven communications and marketing 208 426-3275