To kick off the 2024 To Taste Life Twice seminar at The Community Library, we are joined by National Book Award finalist and winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award, Jess Walter.

This opening keynote program is open to the general public, but registration is required as seating is limited. Registration opens on April 1. The event will also be livestreamed.

Jess Walter is the best-selling author of seven novels, including “Beautiful Ruins” and “The Cold Millions,” as well as two book of short stories and one nonfiction book. His work has been translated into 34 languages, and his fiction has been selected three times for Best American Short Stories, as well as the Pushcart Prize and Best American Nonrequired Reading. His stories, essays and journalism have appeared in, Harper’s, Esquire, Playboy, McSweeney’s, Tin House, Ploughshares, the New York Times, the Washington Post and many others.

To Taste Life Twice is an annual, three-day that is offered free of charge for local and visiting writers. The seminar features writing workshops with esteemed Idaho writers, an opening keynote from a guest author, and a closing storytelling event where writers of all levels are invited to share their work. The event is presented in partnership with Boise-based Story Forward. Learn more at www.comlib.org/programs/ttlt-2024/