Literary Conference
“Perspective”
September 26-27, 2024
Location:
Goodstein Foundation Library, Room 215A and 215B
This year’s conference focuses on the theme of “Perspective.” Writers help us to form ways of seeing the world as well as ways of thinking about
being in the world. They help us see the power in nature and in technology, in thinking about family and about trauma.
This year’s conference will feature free public readings, craft talks, and workshops* from authors Elizabeth Gonzalez James, Matt Daly, James Fujinami Moore, and Chad Hanson.
* = Workshops are free, but require sign-up. Please email conference director for information
Elizabeth Gonzalez James
Elizabeth Gonzalez James is a screenwriter and author of the novels, Mona at Sea and The Bullet Swallower, as well as the chapbook, Five Conversations About Peter Sellers. She teaches fiction writing at Grub Street. Originally from South Texas, Elizabeth now lives with her family in Massachusetts.
You can find her on Instagram: @unefemmejames
Matt Daly
Matt Daly is the author of two poetry collections: The Invisible World (Unsolicited Press, 2024) and Between Here and Home (Unsolicited Press, 2019), and the chapbook, Red State (Seven Kitchens Press, 2019). He is the recipient of a Neltje Blanchan Award for writing inspired by the natural world and a Creative Writing Fellowship in Poetry from the Wyoming Arts Council. Matt is the Executive Director of Jackson Hole Writers and co-founder of Write to Thrive, an enterprise that brings reflective and creative writing practices to individuals and professional groups to cultivate creativity and wellbeing. He lives in Wyoming.
Chad Hanson
Chad Hanson serves as a member of the faculty in sociology and religion at Casper College. He is also the Director of the Wyoming Mustang Institute, and he is the author of a wide range of books, including the forthcoming title, The Wild Horse Effect. For more information, visit: www.chadhanson.org.
James Fujinami Moore
James Fujinami Moore’s debut poetry collection is Indecent Hours (Four Way Books, 2022), winner of the 2023 GLCA New Writers Award in Poetry and the 2024 AAAS Outstanding Achievement Book Award in Poetry, and finalist for the Golden Poppy’s Martin Cruz Smith Award & the Lambda Literary Award in Bisexual Poetry. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in the Academy of American Poets Poem-A-Day, Asimov’s Science Fiction, Barrow Street’s 4×2, Boston Review, The Brooklyn Rail, Guesthouse, Jet Fuel Review, The Margins, the Pacifica Literary Review, and Prelude.