Chair
Murray Feldman
Attorney-at-Law, Partner
Holland & Hart, LLC
Boise, ID
Recommended Book Title: The Feather Thief, Author Kirk Wallace Johnson
Recommended Movie/TV Title: Official Secrets
Mary Ann Allison
Hofstra University, Professor Emerita; Citibank Executive and Consultant, Retired
Idaho Falls, ID
Recommended Book Title: Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings: Poems, Author Joy Harjo
Recommended Movie/TV Title: Jamie Jensen speaking at the Museum of Idaho
Amy Canfield
Professor of History
Lewis-Clark State College
Lewiston, ID
Recommended Book Title: The Starless Sea, Author Erin Morgenstern
Recommended Movie/TV Title:
Jenny Emery Davidson
Executive Director
The Community Library
Hailey, ID
Recommended Book Title: The Lost Words, Author Robert Macfarlane, and Landmarks, Author Robert Macfarlane
Recommended Movie/TV Title:
Tamara Ansotegui
Synagogue Executive Director
Congregation Ahavath Beth Israel
Boise, ID
Recommended Book Title: Midwifes Tale, Author Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Recommended Movie/TV Title:
Eve Chandler
History Writer and Author
Boise, ID
Recommended Book Title: Manhattan Beach, Author Jennifer Egan
Recommended Movie/TV Title: Exhibit Righting a Wrong, Idaho State Historical Museum
Dan English
Coeur d'Alene City Councilmen
Retired, Director of the Area 1 Agency on Aging, North Idaho College
Coeur d'Alene, ID
Recommended Book Title: Aubrey-Maturin series by Patrick O’Brian
Recommended Movie/TV Title:
Susan Gibson
Retired, Vice President, Mission and Human Resources
Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center
Boise, ID
Recommended Book Title: Nothing to See Here, Author Kevin Wilson
Recommended Movie/TV Title: Jo Jo Rabbit
Jan Johnson
Clinical Assistant Professor of English
University of Idaho
Lewiston, ID
Recommended Book Title: The Street, Author Ann Petry
Recommended Movie/TV Title: Parasite
Margaret Johnson
Professor of English
Idaho State University
Pocatello, ID
Recommended Book Title: Mortal Acts, Mortal Words, Author Galway Kinnell, and Find Me, Author André Aciman
Recommended Movie/TV Title: Pain & Glory
Bill Manny
Writer/Producer
Idaho Public Television
Boise, ID
Recommended Book Title: Making a State, Author Fred T. Dubois
Recommended Movie/TV Title: Idaho's Constitution Revealed, Idaho PTV 3/8/2020
Shelley McEuen-Howard
Professor of English
College of Southern Idaho
Twin Falls, ID
Recommended Book Title: Braiding Sweetgrass, Author Robin Wall Kimmerer, and Why We're Polarized, Author Ezra Klein
Recommended Movie/TV Title: Homecoming King, Hasan Manaj special
Christina Olson
Cultural Resource Manager
United States Department of Energy and Department of Defense
Idaho Falls, ID
Recommended Book Title: West of the Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776 (Claudio Saunt)
Recommended Movie/TV Title: The Shape of Water
Rocky Owens
Executive Director, Coeur d'Alene Center
Lewis-Clark State College
Coeur d'Alene, ID
Recommended Book Title: Always Look on the Bright Side of Life, Author Eric Idle
Recommended Movie/TV Title: Parasite
Andrea Partington
Retired, English Teacher
Lake City High School
Coeur d'Alene, ID
Recommended Book Title: A Pilgrimage to Eternity, Author Timothy Egan, and The White Darkness, Author David Grann
Recommended Movie/TV Title: Knives Out, and Ford vs Ferrari
Scott Slovic
Professor of English
University of Idaho
Moscow, ID
Recommended Book Title: A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety: How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet, Author Sarah Jaquette Ray
Recommended Movie/TV Title: Parasite
Mac Test
English Department Chair & Professor of English
Boise State University
Boise, ID
Recommended Book Title: Be With (Poetry), Author Forrest Garder
Recommended Movie/TV Title: Parasite
Garry Wenske
Executive Director
Frank Church Institute, Boise State University
Boise, ID
Recommended Book Title: Rightful Heritage: The Renewal of America, Author Douglas Brinkley
Recommended Movie/TV Title: Jo Jo Rabbit