Thrilled Ted Conover will join us in May (25 - 28) for the 4th annual The Mountain Words Literary Festival!

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2 weeks to get your The Mountain Words Literary Festival Writer in Residence app in! One month in the Rocky Mountains, $5k stipend, unadulterated writing time. gvlf.org/2021-writer-in…

Many well wishes to Rebecca Makkai is No Longer on This Platform ! Her interview in NYT By the Book AND her Indie Next Pick tells you what I’ve known for a while—her new book rocks! Catch her at The Mountain Words Literary Festival this May!

Join us this May in Crested Butte, CO for an intensely fun weekend with a mob of fiercely talented writers — time of your life, we promise 📚 Rebecca Makkai is No Longer on This Platform @rachmonroe Ted Conover Justin Farrell @pam_houston Alina Claire Boyles Laura Krantz Suzi Q Smith @teowlimgoh Raj Patel - also @rajpatel.org at bsky.social

Hold the phone - @rachmonroe & Rebecca Makkai is No Longer on This Platform will be in convo on true crime (can it be ethical?) May 27 at @MtnWords2023. This hot talk is not to miss!

The 2023 Mountain Words Writers-in-Residence 📣 Currently braving the high altitude, low oxygen, and ceaseless snows of Crested Butte — but managing to dominate our local trivia. Catch them at The Mountain Words Literary Festival May 25 - 28! Alessandra Bautze Claire Boyles Harrison Fletcher Jenny Qi, PhD 🔬📚 Molly Murfee & Earth Muffin Memos

It’s on! The Mountain Words Literary Festival kicked off with sensationally hard literary trivia —behold the winning team Arvin Ram Brooke Harless MacMillan Sam Robards, Kate Manning Julia Wheeler

Loving the warmth, insights and deep reading-writing chat The Mountain Words Literary Festival #colorado. And the skies… Brooke Harless MacMillan Kate Manning Arvin Ram @rachmonroe Rebecca Makkai is No Longer on This Platform Caroline Bleeke Phil Kirsten Johanna Allen Phil Coleman

Great The Mountain Words Literary Festival panel with Justin Farrell and Ted Conover about Ted’s new book and the process of ethnographic journalism

Such a fun and invigorating day at the The Mountain Words Literary Festival Festival in Crested Butte, CO, today! Grateful to be in this gorgeous place with such brilliant writers and readers 🙏

Back streets of Crested Butte festival crescendo at the legendary Kochevars (Butch Cassidy left his gun here!) Brooke Harless MacMillan Rebecca Makkai is No Longer on This Platform David Velez @teowlimgoh Suzi Q Smith @FirstDraftADOW Nick Bowlin Claire Boyles Manuel Aragorn, Non Fungible Tolkien Minority

🗻 I scored a “high voltage community radio” shirt from KBUT Radio. 🗻 The Eldo is a brewery that serves scrumptious Nepalese cuisine 🗻 Crested Beetlejuice 🗻 An auspicious perch

Talking to Ryan was an absolute pleasure and an honor for a radio junkie like me. Stay tuned for the drop on his Crested Butte visit!

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This enormous panel of panels DID pretty much solve The Future of Land in the West The Mountain Words Literary Festival Justin Farrell Nick Bowlin @betsygquammen MKN Ted Conover Regina Lopez Whiteskunk, Gretchen King

Coming soon: A conversation about priceless manuscripts, book bans, and arguably the most repulsive story ever written. Thanks to Joel Warner for sharing the stage The Mountain Words Literary Festival this weekend in Crested Butte to discuss “The Curse of the Marquis de Sade.”

The Mountain Words Literary Festival was amazing this year and that smile on my face captures the feeling of friends old and new, the stories shared, and the wonderful community that surrounds us. I am filled with joy for the gift of a writing life full of incredible people. Join me next year!