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2 2017 Fort Collins Book FestiVAl #FoCoBookFest

welcome from the fort collins Book festival organizers

we want to personally welcome you to the 2017 Fort Collins Book Fest: Writings and Riffs, and thank you for supporting this exciting literary arts festival. This year’s event builds on the excitement and success of the 2016 inaugural festival, Brewin’ Up Books, and seeks to make an even greater impact on the literary and cultural vitality of our community. We believe Writings and Riffs uniquely captures our region’s spirit for books and music.

We’re privileged to present a creative mix of local, regional, and national authors, speakers, and musicians. Without them, and our generous sponsors, hosts, and volunteers, this book festival would not be possible.

We hope you enjoy your FoCo Book Fest experience and come away with new energy and excitement for our community’s books, music, and poetry.

Cheers! 2017 FoCo Book Fest organizing Committee

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contentsBook signing guidelines ................................................................4

Headlining autHors ........................................................................5

sCHedule oF events .........................................................................6

Featured autHors ...........................................................................8

autHors & Presenters ..................................................................10

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lilla B. morgan memorial endowment anne & Bruce macdonald

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mishawka amphitheatrerobin & michael gard

great apes Book Clubthe Crones Book Club -

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Book signing guidelinesAll book signings are open to the public. Books may be purchased at Old Firehouse Books, 232 Walnut Street, or their remote bookstores located at Block One Events and Wolverine Farm Letterpress & Publick House.

It is the author’s discretion whether or not they will personalize book signings or sign collectibles or other paraphernalia. Questions? Call Old Firehouse Books at 970-484-7898 or email them at [email protected].

vinyl exchange Party & Book fest fundraiser 7:00-9:00 PM, Thursday, October 19Intersect Brewing, 2160 W. Drake Rd.Display your vinyl collection, trade and sell, and nerd out with other vinyl gear-heads! And, of course, drink beer! $1 from each beer purchased during the event is donated to the FoCo Book Fest. Drawing for a special vinyl giveaway at the end of the night! Sponsored by Intersect Brewing.

opening acts

MELISSA BEAVERS Poudre River Public Library District

RENEE BECHER Old Firehouse Books BRUCE HALLMARK CSU Morgan Library

ABY KAUPANG COOPERMAN 2016 Poet Laureate

MICHAEL LIGGETT Liggett, Johnson & Goodman

PEGGY LYLE Consultant for Downtown Districts

and Events/Festivals ANNE MACDONALD

Poudre River Public Library District MOLLY THOMPSON

Poudre River Public Library DistrictSARAH SCOBEY

Poudre River Public Library District

TODD SIMMONS Wolverine Farm Letterpress &

Publick HousePAULA WATSON-LAKAMP


Graphic Design & Promotion KATIE AUMAN

Poudre River Public Library District LAURA CARTER


2017 foco Book fest committee memBers

FoCo Book Fest liner notes (american Blonde ale)Intersect Brewing has crafted a special American Blonde Ale just for Writings and Riffs! Available at: Downtown Artery, The Forge Publick House, Intersect Brewing, and Wolverine Farm Publick House.


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kim gordon3:30 Pm, “girl in a Band” 5:00 Pm, “the remix: Books that made me” & Book signingBlock one eventsKim Gordon has been writing and performing experimental rock music for more than three decades, in addition to her work as a visual artist, writer, and designer. In 1981, she co-founded the

band Sonic Youth, for which she sang and played guitar and bass. Her memoir Girl In A Band was published in 2015 to international acclaim, and her visual art has been exhibited worldwide. Kim continues to perform solo improvisational shows as well with Body/Head, a guitar duo with Bill Nace.

loudon wainwright iii1:30 Pm, “liner notes” & Book signing Block one eventsLoudon Wainwright III is a singer-songwriter and actor. In 1968 he began to write songs, and in 1969recorded his first album. Wainwright has recorded twenty-seven albums, including his 2010 Grammy Award–winning

High, Wide, & Handsome. His songs have been covered by Johnny Cash, Bonnie Raitt, and Earl Scruggs, among others. As an actor he has appeared on TV, in movies, on Broadway and Off. His memoir, Liner Notes: On Parents & Children, Exes & Excess, Death & Decay, & a Few of My Other Favorite Things, was published in September 2017.

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autHor meetuPThe Forge Publick House255 Old Firehouse AlleyAn opportunity to visit with

authors, presenters, and fellow book lovers. Light fare catered by Me Oh My Pie and sponsored by

Downtown Fort Collins Creative District.

9:00 am 9:00 am

How to selF-PuBlisH suCCessFully

Instructor: Teresa Funke10:00 amHow musiC got Free

Stephen Witt

10:00 amColleCtive groove:

Colorado’s musiCal identity

Panel Discussion

mJ: tHe genius oF miCHael JaCkson

Featured author Steve Knopper

Finding tHe story you need to write:

nonFiCtion writing worksHoP

Instructor: John Calderazzo Registration required*

11:00 am Book signing 11:00 am

Book signingdriving tHe king:

nat king ColeRavi Howard

Book signing

12:00 pm 12:00 pm

soCial viBes: a sign oF tHe times

Panel Discussion

For wHat it’s wortH: a new History oF tHe

sixties Featured author Craig Werner

Book signingFrom Flat to round, to lumPy: How to ‘weird uP’ your sHort story

CHaraCtersInstructor: Sue Ring deRosset

Registration required*

1:00 pm Doors Open tHe musiC oF multiCultural ameriCa

Kip Lornell & Anne Rasmussen

1:00 pmBook signing

liner notesFeatured author

Loudon Wainwright III

Book signingHistory oF Colorado musiC & tHe Colorado musiC Hall

oF Fame Rick Roberts & featured author G Brown

2:00 pm Book signing 2:00 pm understanding lyriCs: musiCal storytelling

Instructor: Justin Roth (Class)Book signing History vs. “Hamilton!” Rick Beyer

rHymin’ – HiP HoP Poetry

The Music District 639 S. College Ave.

Panel discussion featuring Stephen “Brer Rabbit” Brackett, Kyle Eustice,

and a member of OneBeat. FREE

Book signingoPening tHe Poem:

a worksHoP For readers and writers

Instructor: Sasha Steensen Registration required*

3:00 pm 3:00 pmPoetry lounge

Readingsgirl in a Band

Featured author Kim Gordon

tHe Pulse: musiCology, soCiety, and nature

Panel Discussion

Book signing

4:00 pm a long strange triP: tales From musiC

History Rick Beyer

4:00 pm Book signing

tHe listening room: FiCtion & nonFiCtion

Readings5:00 pmtHe remix:

Books tHat made mePanel discussion with

FoCo Book Fest Featured Authors

Book signing Book signing 5:00 pm

eComusiCology Mark Pedelty

Book signing

6:00 pm 6:00 pmdeeP traCks: Poetry

ReadingsoneBeat gloBal

musiC exPerienCeDoor 6PM | Show 7PM

The Armory314 E. Mountain Ave.

Tickets are free and available online through

www.TheMusicDistrict.org.

Book signing Book signing

7:00 pm musiC, gender, and PolitiCs in islamiC

indonesiaAnne Rasmussen


Closing ConCert Live music from singer/songwriter

Justin Roth and others8:00 pm Book signing 8:00 pm

schedule of events

INTERSECTBREWING

has crafted a special American Blonde Ale

just for Writings & Riffs! Ask for “Liner Notes”

American Blonde Ale at: DOWNTOWN ARTERy

THE FORGE PUBLICK HOUSE INTERSECT BREWING

WOLvERINE FARM PUBLICK HOUSE

For a map of event locations, please see back cover.


time bLocK oNe eVeNTS428 Linden Street

downtown artery254 Linden Street

old FireHouse Books232 Walnut Street time old town liBrary

201 Peterson Streetwolverine Farm

316 Willow StreetotHer loCations

autHor meetuPThe Forge Publick House255 Old Firehouse AlleyAn opportunity to visit with

authors, presenters, and fellow book lovers. Light fare catered by Me Oh My Pie and sponsored by

Downtown Fort Collins Creative District.

9:00 am 9:00 am

How to selF-PuBlisH suCCessFully

Instructor: Teresa Funke10:00 amHow musiC got Free

Stephen Witt

10:00 amColleCtive groove:

Colorado’s musiCal identity

Panel Discussion

mJ: tHe genius oF miCHael JaCkson

Featured author Steve Knopper

Finding tHe story you need to write:

nonFiCtion writing worksHoP

Instructor: John Calderazzo Registration required*

11:00 am Book signing 11:00 am

Book signingdriving tHe king:

nat king ColeRavi Howard

Book signing

12:00 pm 12:00 pm

soCial viBes: a sign oF tHe times

Panel Discussion

For wHat it’s wortH: a new History oF tHe

sixties Featured author Craig Werner

Book signingFrom Flat to round, to lumPy: How to ‘weird uP’ your sHort story

CHaraCtersInstructor: Sue Ring deRosset


1:00 pm Doors Open tHe musiC oF multiCultural ameriCa

Kip Lornell & Anne Rasmussen

1:00 pmBook signing

liner notesFeatured author

Loudon Wainwright III

Book signingHistory oF Colorado musiC & tHe Colorado musiC Hall

oF Fame Rick Roberts & featured author G Brown

2:00 pm Book signing 2:00 pm understanding lyriCs: musiCal storytelling

Instructor: Justin Roth (Class)Book signing History vs. “Hamilton!” Rick Beyer

rHymin’ – HiP HoP Poetry

The Music District 639 S. College Ave.

Panel discussion featuring Stephen “Brer Rabbit” Brackett, Kyle Eustice,

and a member of OneBeat. FREE

Book signingoPening tHe Poem:

a worksHoP For readers and writers

Instructor: Sasha Steensen Registration required*

3:00 pm 3:00 pmPoetry lounge

Readingsgirl in a Band

Featured author Kim Gordon

tHe Pulse: musiCology, soCiety, and nature

Panel Discussion

Book signing

4:00 pm a long strange triP: tales From musiC

History Rick Beyer


tHe listening room: FiCtion & nonFiCtion

Readings5:00 pmtHe remix:

Books tHat made mePanel discussion with

FoCo Book Fest Featured Authors

Book signing Book signing 5:00 pm

eComusiCology Mark Pedelty

Book signing

6:00 pm 6:00 pmdeeP traCks: Poetry

ReadingsoneBeat gloBal

musiC exPerienCeDoor 6PM | Show 7PM

The Armory314 E. Mountain Ave.

Tickets are free and available online through

www.TheMusicDistrict.org.

Book signing Book signing

7:00 pm musiC, gender, and PolitiCs in islamiC

indonesiaAnne Rasmussen


Closing ConCert Live music from singer/songwriter

Justin Roth and others8:00 pm Book signing 8:00 pm

schedule of events

one-on-one PuBlisHing Consulting

11:00 am - 3:30 pmTeresa Funke


*For sessions requiring registration, please call 970-221-6740 or visit

www.poudrelibraries.org/events.


featured authors

steve knoPPer10:30 am, “mJ: the genius of michael Jackson” & Book signing, downtown arterynoon, “social vibes: the sign of the times” & Book signing, wolverine Farm5:00 Pm, “the remix: Books that made me” & Book signing, Block one events

Rolling Stone contributing editor and author of MJ: The Genius of Michael Jackson and Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Business in the Digital Age. He’s a Colorado writer whose work has also appeared in New York Times Magazine, GQ, and Fortune.

g. Brown1:45 Pm, “History of Colorado music” & Book signing, downtown artery5:00 Pm, “the remix: Books that made me” & Book signing, Block one eventsFounding Director of the Colorado Music Hall of Fame and author of two books on Colorado music: Red Rocks: The Concert Years and Colorado

Rocks: A Half Century of Music in Colorado. Asked to pick his favorite concert at Red Rocks, he’ll happily tell you: it’s U2’s 1983 Under a Blood Red Sky performance.


khadijah Queennoon, “social vibes: the sign of the times” & Book signing, wolverine Farm3:00 Pm, “Poetry lounge” readings & Book signing, wolverine Farm5:00 Pm, “the remix: Books that made me” & Book signing, Block one events

Colorado author of five books, most recently I’m So Fine: A List of Famous Men & What I Had On. Her other work includes poetry collections like Black Peculiar and the verse play, Non-Sequitur. She serves as a core faculty member for the new Mile-High MFA in Creative Writing at Regis University.

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craig werner12:15 Pm, “For what it’s worth: a new History of the sixties” & Book signing, downtown artery 5:00 Pm, “the remix: Books that made me” & Book signing, Block one eventsAuthor, cultural historian, and member of the Nominating Committee of the Rock and Roll Hall of

Fame. His many works include We Gotta Get Out of this Place: The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War and a forthcoming book presenting a new history of the 1960’s.

featured authors


authors & Presenters

leslee BeckerAward-winning writer whose work has appeared in The Atlantic, Iowa Review, The Kenyon Review,

and elsewhere. She has a published story collection, The Sincere Café, and is a Professor of Creative Writing at Colorado State University.

rick BeyerBest-selling author, award-winning documentary producer, and long-time history enthusiast. His most

recent book is Rivals Unto Death: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr.

stePhen “Brer raBBit” BrackettLead singer/MC for The Flobots, the Denver-based hip hop and rock band. The band’s 2017

album release is titled NOENEMIES.

junior BurkeAuthor of the new novel Something Gorgeous. In the fall of 2017, he will release a collection of original, poetry-

based songs titled Spot of Time on the Fast Speaking Music label.

john calderazzoAuthor of various books, short stories, and essays about nature, Asia, Buddhism, and the interrelationships of

science and culture including Rising Fire: Volcanoes and Our Inner Lives.

matthew cooPermanAuthor of five poetry collections including Spool (winner of the New Measure Poetry

Prize, Free Verse Editions) and co-author of Imago for the Fallen World. Professor of English at Colorado State University.

greta cornettCo-creator of FoCoMX and the Fort Collins Musicians Association. Local music writer, blogger,

and musician with 12 Cents for Marvin.

chris danielsAssistant Professor, College of Arts & Media, University of Colorado Denver. He was inducted into the Colorado

Music Hall of Fame in 2013 as Musical Director with his band, the Kings.


kyle eusticeFort Collins-based music journalist and regular contributor to Thrasher Skateboarding Magazine, Wax

Poetics, The Source, Ghettoblaster Magazine and others. Her writing frequently explores hip hop culture and its origins.

teresa funkeAward-winning author of six novels for adults and children based on true stories from WWII. Popular

writer’s coach and national speaker.

ravi howardAward-winning novelist and producer whose work has appeared in The New York Times and on HBO

and ESPN. His novels include Driving the King and Like Trees, Walking.

aBy kauPangAuthor of Disorder, 299.000; Little “g” God Grows Tired of Me; Absence is such a Transparent House; and Scenic Fences |

Houses Innumerable. Named 2016 Fort Collins Poet Laureate.

chloe leisurePoet and author of the 2016 chapbook, The End of the World Again. Named 2014 Fort Collins Poet Laureate.

kiP lornellAward-winning author of 14 books focused on American vernacular music, with books about Texas

Blues and D.C. Bluegrass slated for publication in 2018. Grammy winner for program notes for Anthology of American Folk Music.

stacy nickColorado arts reporter with NPR-affiliate 91.5 KUNC covering arts, culture, and music across the state. Her

concert t-shirt collection is legendary.

kate northroPAward-winning poet and contributing editor for The American Poetry Review. Her collections of

poetry include Clean and Things are Disappearing Here. Professor of creative writing at the University of Wyoming.




Blair oliverAuthor, founding editor of Front Range Review, and Lead Faculty for Literature and Creative Writing

at FRCC. Books include the story collection, Last Call, and a co-authored novel, The Long Slide.

mark PedeltyAuthor, professor, and Fellow at the Institute on the Environment. His most recent book is A Song to Save

the Salish Sea: Musical Performance as Environmental Activism.

anne rasmussenProfessor of music and ethnomusicology at the College of William and Mary. Author of Women,

the Recited Qur’an and Islamic Music in Indonesia; co-editor of The Music of Multicultural America.

susan ring derossetColorado poet, essayist, and writer of more than 45 works appearing in Bloomsbury Review,

Rocky Mountain Poetic Inventory, and Front Range Review among others.

rick roBertsColorado musician, singer-songwriter, and author who has written two recent books: Lame Brain: My Journey Back to

Myself and a collection of stories from his musical career, Song Stories and Other Left-Handed Recollections.

chris rosalesAward-winning novelist (Silence the Bird, Silence the Keeper) and assistant professor at Naropa University’s

Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics. His second novel, Gods on the Lam, is now available.

justin rothNationally-touring Colorado singer-songwriter and fingerstyle acoustic guitarist. Toured with John Gorka and

David Wilcox and opened for the likes of Shawn Colvin and Darrell Scott.

sasha steensenAuthor of several essays and four books of poetry: House of Deer, A Magic Book, The Method, and Gatherest. Associate

Professor, Director of Creative Writing at Colorado State University.


Bill tremBlayAward-winning poet as well as novelist, teacher, editor, and reviewer whose work includes seven full-length volumes

of poetry like Shooting Script: Door of Fire and Rainstorm Over the Alphabet.

stePhen wittJournalist and author of How Music Got Free: the End of an Industry, Turn of the Century, and Patient Zero of

Piracy, the definitive history of digital music piracy.

lisa zimmermanAuthor of short fiction and six poetry collections including The Hours I Keep and Snack Size: Poems.

Associate Professor of English at the University of Northern Colorado.

additional voicescarson Block

Library technology consultant

drew BagBy Academic Librarian,

Front Range Community College

deandrÉ carroll Choreographer, performer,

and hip hop instructor

laurel castellana Library Assistant,


margot choBanian Assistant Program Director and Host,

105.5 The Colorado Sound

kerrie flanaganAuthor, writing consultant, and

publisher

Bryce merrill Music Programs Manager,

Bohemian Foundation

todd simmons Publisher and editor, Wolverine Farm

Publishing Company

matt stilwell Rhetoric, Language, and Philosophy,

Front Range Community College

scott van tatenhove Teacher, Poudre School District


OneBeat is an incubator for music-based social entrepreneurship, where innovative musicians from around the world launch collaborative projects designed to make a positive impact on local and global communities. OneBeat brings this unique program to Fort Collins for a citywide series of performances, discussions, and workshops including at the Fort Collins Book Festival. Presented in partnership with The Music District.


self-PuBlish your work through the liBraryPoudre River Public Library District has a new selection of self-publishing tools available online. Access these tools and the user tutorials on the website, www.PoudreLibraries.org/write.

Classes:Creating an eBook: intro to PressBooks6:00 PM, Thursday, November 2Harmony Library, 4616 S. Shields St.

Learn to use the free library resource to write, edit, design, and publish your novel, poetry collection, memoir, or other creative writing project. FREE

selF-PuBlisHing For writers: intro to selF-e6:00 PM, Thursday, November 9 Harmony Library, 4616 S. Shields St.

Learn how to self-publish your writing using the Library’s new SELF-e publishing platform and even upload it to “Indie Colorado,” an online collection of works by local writers. FREE

self-PuBlishing

CreateCreate and design your own

professional-quality eBook using the Pressbooks platform for easy writing,

editing, and formatting.

sHareupload your eBook to publish and

share it with local libraries throughout the state using selF-e’s simple online

submission tool.

disCoverdiscover books from local writers

through indie Colorado, an online curation of titles from

independently published authors.

BrowseBrowse and access rich multimedia

content curations through Biblioboard, covering a wide range of topics

and formats.


nanowrimo meet & greet7:00 PM, Monday, October 23Old Town Library, 201 Peterson St.

Come to this meetup to learn how to join the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) experience. Writers of all ages and abilities welcome. NaNoWriMo begins November 1 and includes activities and meetups at Old Town Library. FREE

Fort Collins reads Presents ann PatCHett1:00 PM Ticketed Reception 2:30 PM Author’s TalkSunday, November 5 Fort Collins Hilton, 425 W. Prospect Rd.

The New York Times bestselling novel, Commonwealth, is the selected 2017 Fort Collins Reads book. Author Ann Patchett will visit Fort Collins to discuss her work. More info: FortCollinsReads.org. TICKETED

autHor visit witH Connie willis6:00 PM, Wednesday, November 8Old Town Library, 201 Peterson St.

Connie will be highlighting her newest book - A Lot Like Christmas. This new, expanded edition of Miracle and Other Christmas Stories features twelve brilliantly reimagined holiday tales, five of which are collected here for the first time. FREE

rekindle tHe ClassiCs Book disCussion6:30 PM, Wednesday, November 15 Wolverine Farm Letterpress & Publick House, 316 Willow St.

November’s title is The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston. All are welcome. Hosted by the CSU Department of English and Poudre River Public Library District. FREE

autHor visit witH Helen tHorPe6:30 PM, Wednesday, November 15 Old Town Library, 201 Peterson St.

Old Firehouse Books presents Colorado journalist Helen Thorpe. She’ll discuss her new work, The Newcomers: Finding Refuge, Friendship, and Hope in an American Classroom. Book sales and signing to follow. FREE

autHor visit witH autHor/PHotograPHer JoHn Fielder7:00 PM, Thursday, November 16 CSU Lory Student Center TheatreCSU Campus

A Colorado Winter includes 80 of Fielder’s most sublime winter photographs! He has chosen the very best of his “world of white” images from the past 10 years of digital photography. Book sales and signing to follow. FREE.

uPcoming events

mark your calendar for these exciting literary events and programs.

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