Mouth & Thistle is run in conjunction with cold-drill by the MFA Department of Boise State University. All readers, representing the well-known and well-published like Denis Johnson and Diane Raptosh, and the new and on the rise like Danny Stewart and Michael Fitzgerald, are chosen by MFA students. Each reading is meant to be an extension of our belief in the arts community, and each reading includes either visual art, performance pieces, or musical acts in addition to our fabulous readers. Though writing is considered an art, we believe it has not been given the credit it is due, and so we create the opportunity for authors to showcase the work that has kept them untanned and hidden away by their laptops for months or years.
If you are coming through Boise and think you would be a good fit for our reading series, please send us a sample of your work through email at cold dot drill at gmail dot com and a possible date, and we'll see what we can do.