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November 9, 2004

Fiction Writer Doug Unger To Read At Boise State Nov. 19

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Doug Unger, author of Leaving the Land, will present a reading of his fiction at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 19, at the Boise State University Hemingway Center. The reading is presented by the Boise State English Department�s Master of Fine Arts writing program, and is free and open to the public. Unger�s 1995 novel Leaving the Land received the Society of Medland Authors Award for Fiction, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and was nominated for the Robert F. Kennedy Award. His other works include El Yanqui, The Turkey War and Voices from Silence. Unger is a former essayist for the MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour, screenwriter for New Horizons, Andes Films and Universal Studios and managing editor of The Chicago Review. He is now a professor of English at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Upcoming readings for the Creative Writing MFA Reading Series are Leonard Schwartz, Feb. 11; Tim Parrish, Mar. 4; Thalia Field, Mar. 11; and will also include readings by Mei Mei Berssenbrugge and Peter Grizzi and Elizabeth Willis. -30- Contact: Mia Wright, Boise State MFA Program in Creative Writing, 208 426-2669 Media Contacts: Kathleen Craven, communications and marketing, 208 426-3275 Rachel Bonilla, communications and marketing, 208 426-3196

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