Food writers Susan Swetnam and Jeff Chu read from their work and take questions at The Modern Hotel's Campfire Stories, June 13, 2016, recorded by Radio Boise.
FOOD AND CULTURE NARRATIVES kick off our 2016 season! The amazing Jeff Chu, and the wise Susan Swetnam will be reading creative nonfiction on narratives that surround food, culture, and food culture. As well, the Modern will be offering a ticketed 3-course meal to highlight elements of Chu and Swetnam's narrtives. Menu and pricing details forthcoming!
SUSAN SWETNAM has been writing creative nonfiction (including personal essays and memoir) and work about Intermountain West culture (including food and culture) for over 35 years. She is the author of 7 books, with another currently in press and due out in September. Her articles and essays have appeared in many national and regional magazines, including Gourmet, Eating Well, Gastronomica, Journal of the West, and Edible Idaho; they’ve also been anthologized in collections including Where the Morning Light’s Still Blue: Personal Essays About Idaho. She contributed the chapter on the foodways of the Northern Rockies to Greenwood Press’s Encyclopedia of Regional Cultures series. In 2013 she retired from a long career of teaching narrative literature and advanced writing courses at Idaho State University to devote more time to her own writing, and to begin a massage therapy practice focusing on bereavement, geriatric, and hospice massage.
JEFF CHU grew up in Berkeley, California, and Miami, Florida. He graduated magna cum laude from Princeton, earned a master’s degree from the London School of Economics, and received French-American Foundation and Harvard Divinity School fellowships. He has written for Time, Condé Nast Portfolio, the Wall Street Journal, and Fast Company, winning Deadline Club and German Marshall Fund awards for his work. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. More info - http://byjeffchu.com/
