Chair
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
Vice Chair
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
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
Tamara Ansotegui
Synagogue Executive Director
Congregation Ahavath Beth Israel
Boise, ID
Recommended Book Title: Midwifes Tale, Author Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Recommended Movie/TV Title:
Kenton Bird
Associate Professor, Journalism/Mass Media and American Studies
Moscow, ID
Recommended Book Title: Blue Latititudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before by Tony Horwitz
Recommended Movie/TV Title: Enjoys watching British crime fiction and doesn’t miss an episode of Grantchester, Shetland or Endeavour
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:
Stephan Flores
Retired, Associate Professor of English, Emeritus
University of Idaho
Moscow, ID
Recommended Book Title: Tyll, Author Daniel Kehlmann
Recommended Movie/TV Title: Two Days, One Night; Toni Erdmann; ’71.
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
Dulce Kersting-Lark
Executive Director
Latah County Historical Society
Moscow, ID
Recommended Book Title: Palaces for the People: How
Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality,
Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life by Eric Klinenberg;
What to Expect the First Year, by Heidi Murkoff.
Recommended Movie/TV Title: Call the Midwife from
the BBC.
Matthew Levay
Associate Professor of English
Idaho State University
Pocatello, ID
Recommended Book Title: NW, Author Zadie Smith;
Clyde Fans, Author Seth.
Recommended Movie/TV Title: TV Titles: Succession;
My Brilliant Friend. Movie: The Big Heat
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
Monique Michel
Teacher, 9th Grade Advisor, Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for Foothills School of Arts and Sciences, Director and Owner of Ballet Folklorico Mexico Lindo
Boise, ID
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Christina Olson
Cultural Resource Management Contractor
Kerros LLC, Self-Employed
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: A Gentleman in Moscow
by Amor Towles
Recommended Movie/TV Title: Il Postino, Directed
by Michael Radford
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
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
Randy’L Teton
Public Affairs Manager
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes
Blackfoot, ID
Recommended Book Title:
Recommended Movie/TV Title: Reservation Dogs
(written & produced by a Native American film producer)
via Hulu
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