November 9, 2004

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

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