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A one-day celebration of the writers and publishers of the Eastern Sierra and those who write about our beautiful locale.
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Two Weeks Out
July 1, 2018
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I believe that political correctness can be a form of linguistic fascism, and it sends shivers down the spine of my generation who went to war against fascism.
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/p_d_james_401147
I believe that political correctness can be a form of linguistic fascism, and it sends shivers down the spine of my generation who went to war against fascism.
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/p_d_james_401147
Schedule changes and additional
information will be posted on Facebook
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SPREAD THE WORD!
AUTHORS, PUBLISHERS, BOOKS, MUSIC, FOOD!
Admission is free. Festival will run from 9 am to 6 pm.
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Exciting Festival News
We have a memoir panel!
Carol DeDecker Wiens, Kendra Atleework, and Debbie Boucher will participate in a panel about using family history in their writing. The panel will be moderated by Jonas Gardsby. Check out their books and bios below.
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Kendra Atleework
Kendra is a writer born and raised in the high desert, below the Eastern Sierra Nevada mountains. Her memoir-in-progress maps the convergence of family, place, and history.
Debbie is a retired teacher. She makes her home in the Sierra Nevada mountains because she loves to ski, hike and play violin with the Eastern Sierra Chamber Orchestra.
Jonas Gardsby (moderator)
Jonas has an M.F.A. in creative writing and an M.A. in literature from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He is a Ph.D. candidate in literature at the University of Minnesota
Carol DeDecker Wiens
Carol and her sister, Joan, were raised in Independence. After college, they returned to the valley often, introducing their children to the landscape they cherish. Joan lives in Mill Valley, California, and Carol lives in Boise, Idaho.
Did you know that Ann Gimpel has written a nonfiction book about the psychology of backcountry travel?
Grit is a Four-Letter Word came out in March.
We're going to have a secret literary visitor in the morning of the festival...
David Carle's talk will be titled "WORDS THAT MATTER"
David grew up in Orange County, California, received his bachelors degree at UC Davis and a masters degree from CSU Sacramento in Recreation and Parks Administration. He was a ranger in California State Parks for 27 years.
Expert Teri Rider will be speaking about avenues to publishing.
If you think you have a book inside you, don't miss her talk and stop by her table for more information.
Other Confirmed Speakers:
Jack Fisher
Jack is a physician and Edward Dickson Professor Emeritus of Surgery at the University of California San Diego. After he retired, he earned an MA in U. S. Political and Economic History.
Andrew Kastor
Andrew started his running career in the early 1990’s, at the age of 14. He is now the head coach for the Mammoth Track Club where he resides with his wife Deena (Olympic Marathon bronze medalist and American Record Holder in the marathon and half-marathon) and their daughter.
Jim Reed
A practicing attorney, Jim is the author ofThe Fatal Affair in Monte Diablo Canyon: The Convict Lake Story — Robbery, Murder, and Vengeance in the Old West.
David Woodruff
David & Gayle have lived and traveled along El Camino Sierra since their childhoods. With a love of history, a deep fondness for their natural surroundings and a passion for all things 395, the two spend their time exploring, enjoying and writing about their treasured Eastern California. .
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“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”
~ Groucho Marx
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The festival is sponsored by Whistling Rabbit Press and hosted by the Southern Mono Historical Society at the Hayden Cabin at 5489 Sherwin Creek Rd, Mammoth Lakes, California 93546
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Festival organizer is Jennifer K. Crittenden,
author of The Mammoth Letters:Running Away to a Mountain Town
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