CAMPFIRE presents: Matt Daly + Nanci Turner Steveson with young authors reading
CAMPFIRE presents: Matt Daly + Nanci Turner Steveson with young authors reading | Aug 10, 6-7:30p at the Virginian Courtyard (all ages!)
A conversation on the lift of writing and teaching with two celebrated local authors and educators.
Matt Daly is the author of The Invisible World and Between Here and Home (Unsolicited Press) and the chapbook Red State (Seven Kitchens Press). He edited the chapbook Untrapped for Wyoming Untrapped. Matt is the recipient of a Neltje Blanchan Award for writing inspired by the natural world and a Creative Writing Fellowship in Poetry from the Wyoming Arts Council. His poems have appeared in publications including Pilgrimage, The Cortland Review, and High Desert Journal as well as the Sixteen Rivers Press anthology America, We Call Your Name. Matt makes text-based art independently and in collaboration with visual, performing, and literary artists. His work has been exhibited in Wyoming and New York. Matt is the Executive Director of Jackson Hole Writers and a co-founder of Write to Thrive.
Nanci Turner Steveson is an award-winning author of realistic fiction for teens and pre-teens. Her books include Swing Sideways (HarperCollins 2016); Georgia Rules (HarperCollins 2017); Lizzie Flying Solo (HarperCollins, April 2019) and Midnight at the Shelter (QuillTree November 2022). She is a professional Book Coach for other writers, and runs a free Almost Authors kids-only writing camp. Nanci is on the board of Jackson Hole Writers and lives in the shadow of the Teton mountains. Her novels have been on several Best Books lists including Kirkus and the Bank Street College of Education. She is dedicated to getting books into the hands of homeless families through her Literacy for Hope Project.
CAMPFIRE reimagines how we gather as community. Each month, we bring in guest speakers for a unique, participatory storytelling experience, hosted in a subtly ritualized framework, to explore what most drives, moves and inspires us.
Free and open to the public.
***Billy’s Burgers and fare from the Virginian Saloon available onsite / free to first-time attendees!***
CAMPFIRE gatherings are interactive, dynamic storytelling experiences that thrive on guest participation. Guests are encouraged to arrive early and stay late as we enjoy a festal ‘communion’ of food, libations, and conversation together. Above all, CAMPFIRE aims to create a space for anyone craving meaningful connection.
CAMPFIRE also supports regular small-group meet-ups for individuals keen on deepening conversation and connection over meals, film and article discussion, and skiing / hiking forays into the backcountry.
A project of St. John’s Episcopal Church, CAMPFIRE is an inclusive, celebratory community that affirms and honors the dignity and beauty of every human being. All are welcome, always.
Learn more at https://www.stjohnsjackson.org/worship/something-new/campfire/
