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February 9, 2005
'Baghdad Sketches' Topic of March 2 Literature For Lunch Book Discussion

�Baghdad Sketches,� by Freya Stark, is the next book up for discussion in the Spring 2005 Literature For Lunch series sponsored by the Boise State University English Department. The discussion is from 12:10 to 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 2, at the Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd. It is free and open to the public.

 

Stark was a prolific and extremely popular travel writer. The first of her many travel books, this series of essays offers a view of Iraq outside the British influence. As a 35-year-old woman in 1928, Stark spent four years in Iraq and Persia, visiting ancient and medieval sites and traveling alone through some of the wilder corners of the region. While there she wrote a number of pieces for the Baghdad Times, which would eventually be published in book form as �Baghdad Sketches.�

 

The next book in the monthly series is �Brick Lane,� by Monica Ali, on March 30. 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 also available 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).

 

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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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