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December 17, 2004
Titles Announced For Boise State's Spring 2005 Literature for Lunch Series
Jane Fletcher Geniesse�s Passionate Nomad: The Life of Freya Stark kicks off the spring 2005 series of Literature for Lunch. Literature for Lunch is a monthly book discussion group supported by Boise State University�s Department of English.
The public is invited to attend the book discussions, held from 12:10-1 p.m. at the Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd. The discussions are free and no reservations are required. This fall�s selections include:
Wednesday, Jan. 26: Passionate Nomad: The Life of Freya Stark, by Jane Fletcher Geniesse. Stark considered herself a successor to Gertrude Bell (whose biography the group read in spring 2004) as a British traveler in the Middle East, but she was much less inclined than Bell to work within the system. A fascinating biography of a daring, independent-minded travel writer.
Wednesday, March 2: Baghdad Sketches, by Freya Stark.Stark was a prolific and extremely popular travel writer. One of her many travel books, this series of essays offers a view of Iraq outside the British compound.
Wednesday, March 30: Brick Lane, by Monica Ali. This story of a young woman from Bangladesh whose arranged marriage brings her to a housing block in East London was short-listed for the Mann Booker Prize in 2003.
Wednesday, April 27: Distant View of a Minaret, by Alifa Rifaat. An Egyptian writer examines the place of women in a male-dominated society through the stories of mothers, wives and sisters in 20th-century Egypt.
Books in the series are available at the Boise State Bookstore for a 25 percent discount; parking validation with your purchase can be used at the visitor�s lot behind the Student Union. Books are alsoavailable at the Vista Book Gallery, 890 S. Vista Ave. in the Vista Village shopping center, for a 20 percent discount.
For more information, contact Boise State English professor Jan Widmayer at 426-1233 (jwidmayer@boisesetate.edu) or professor Carol Martin at 426-1179 (cmartin@boisestate.edu).
Contact: Carol Martin, English, (208) 426-1179, cmartin@boisestate.edu
or Jan Widmayer, English, (208) 426-1233, jwidmayer@boisestate.edu
Media Contact: Kathleen Craven, University Relations, (208) 426-3275, kraven@boisestate.edu
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