
Readings & Conversations: Luis Alberto Urrea
Prolific novelist and storyteller Luis Alberto Urrea returns to the R&C stage to discuss his latest work, Good Night, Irene.

Readings & Conversations: Téa Obreht
Téa Obreht, the youngest-ever recipient of the Orange Prize for Fiction closes out the R&C season with a discussion of her storied life and powerful work.

Readings & Conversations: Sandeep Jauhar
Renowned speaker, author, and practicing cardiologist Sandeep Jauhar tackles a thorny issue in his latest book, My Father’s Brain: Life in the Shadow of Alzheimer’s. This event is sponsored by the Idaho Society of Clinical Oncology.

Readings & Conversations: Lydia Millet & Richard Powers
Powerhouse authors Lydia Millet & Richard Powers team up to discuss fiction and nonfiction, and the effects of mankind and science on our delicate world.

Readings & Conversations: Ira Glass
Join us for an evening with Ira Glass, legendary host of This American Life, as he takes the stage to share what he’s learned across his Pulitzer and Peabody-award winning career.

Readings & Conversations: Elizabeth Gilbert
Join us for an evening with Elizabeth Gilbert, critically-acclaimed novelist and nonfiction writer, and inspirational author of Eat, Pray, Love, Committed, and Big Magic.

Readings & Conversations: Ed Yong
Join us for an evening with Ed Yong, Pulitzer Prize winning science journalist and author of the bestsellers I Contain Multitudes and An Immense World.

Readings & Conversations: Gabrielle Zevin
Join us for an evening with Gabrielle Zevin, best-selling novelist, and author of the “utterly brilliant” love story turned global phenomenon, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow.

Readings & Conversations: Ayana Mathis
Join us for an evening with Ayana Mathis, acclaimed author of The Twelve Tribes of Hattie and her much anticipated novel, The Unsettled.

An Evening with Steve Inskeep and Nicholas Kristof
Enjoy an evening with Steve Inskeep, author of Differ We Must and co-host of NPR’s Morning Edition, in conversation with Nicholas Kristof, the legendary, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist.

Readings & Conversations with Patrick Radden Keefe
Staff writer for The New Yorker, author of prize-winning Say Nothing and Empire of Pain, a sobering portrait of the opioid epidemic.

Readings & Conversations with Ruth Ozeki
Novelist, filmmaker, Zen Buddhist priest, author of the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted A Tale for the Time Being.

Readings & Conversations with Joy Harjo
Three-time U.S. Poet Laureate, and the first Native American to hold the position, author of Crazy Brave and Poet Warrior.

Readings & Conversations with Amor Towles
Frequent book club pick by NPR, Washington Post, and Barack Obama, bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway and A Gentleman in Moscow.

Readings & Conversations with Reza Aslan and Rainn Wilson
NY Times #1 bestselling author of Zealot, co-host of Metaphysical Milkshake podcast w/ The Office actor and writer Rainn Wilson.

Readings & Conversations with Richard Powers
Monday, April 18, 2022
7:30 – 9:00 PM MDT
Live @ The Egyptian Theater
Tickets: Sold Out
This lecture is included in our 2021-22 Readings & Conversations series. If you’re a season ticketholder you already have access!
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Readings & Conversations with Mary Roach
Join us for a lecture with Mary Roach, nonfiction researcher, humorist, and author of the books Bonk, Stiff, Gulp, and Grunt.

Readings & Conversations with Laila Lalami
Join us for a lecture with Laila Lalami, novelist, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, and author of The Moor’s Account and The Other Americans.

Readings & Conversations with James McBride
Join us for a lecture with James McBride, accomplished jazz musician, screenwriter, and author of seven books, including National Book Award winner The Good Lord Bird.

NOW ONLINE! Readings & Conversations with Patti Smith
Join us for a reading with Patti Smith, acclaimed musician and author of Just Kids, M Train, and Year of the Monkey.

NOW ONLINE! Readings & Conversations with Barbara Kingsolver
Join us for a lecture with Barbara Kingsolver, acclaimed author of The Poisonwood Bible, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, and Unsheltered, among many others.