Former U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser of Nebraska is the keynote speaker at the 35th annual Wyoming Writers, Inc., conference in Casper this weekend. Kooser will deliver his talk during the WWInc. banquet on Saturday, June 6, 6 p.m., at the Ramada Plaza Riverside. You must be a conference registrant or guest to attend the banquet.For a taste of Kooser, check out the podcasts for "A Literary Evening with John Prine and Ted Kooser" recorded on March 9, 2005 at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. These are in MP3. Listen to Part 1 and then Part 2 .
There are several public events at the WWInc. conference. Feel free to visit the conference bookstore in the hotel's Birch Room at any time. You also are welcomed to the members' book-signing at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday and the open mic reading that follows from 8:30-10 p.m.
FMI: http://www.wyowriters.org/
