Readings & Conversations is The Cabin's annual series presenting nationally-acclaimed literary figures sharing their work, thoughts about their work, and perspectives on important issues of our time. The program offers a view of our world through writers' eyes, shaped by their imaginations, fired by their passions, and illuminated by questions from our audience community. Each event begins at 7:30 PM at the historic Egyptian Theatre, 700 West Main Street in downtown Boise. Click here to view the Egyptian seating chart.
2012-2013 Speakers
November 5, 2012 
ABRAHAM VERGHESE Abraham Verghese is a best-selling writer, physician and professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Cutting for Stone, his epic first novel, was published in 2009 and spent more than two years as a bestseller on The New York Times Paperback Fiction list. Dr. Verghese is widely known for his advocacy on behalf of patients, and as a lecturer on the topics of medicine, physician-patient relationships and writing. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New York Times, Forbes.com and The Wall Street Journal.
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February 12, 2013 
ANTHONY DOERR Anthony Doerr is the award-winning author of four books, The Shell Collector, About Grace, Four Seasons in Rome, and Memory Wall. His numerous accolades include a Guggenheim Fellowship, an NEA Fellowship, four O. Henry prizes for his short fiction, the 2010 Story Prize and two Pushcart Prizes. In 2007, the literary magazine Granta named him one of the “21 Best Young American Novelists.” His book reviews have also appeared in the New York Times and Der Spiegel.
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March 13, 2013 
FIROOZEH DUMAS Firoozeh Dumas wrote a collection of colorful stories, inspired by her father, as a gift for her children. In 2003, the stories were published as Funny in Farsi. The book quickly ascended the Los Angeles Times and the San Francisco Chronicle bestseller lists and was a finalist for the PEN/USA award in 2004. Ms. Dumas is the first Middle Eastern woman to be named as a finalist for the Thurber Prize for American Humor. She is a regular contributor to NPR and has written for the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, and Good Housekeeping.
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April 16, 2013 
ANDREW ROSS SORKIN Andrew Ross Sorkin is an author, columnist and editor at The New York Times and a leading voice on Wall Street and corporate America. His widely-acclaimed first book, Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System and Themselves was a New York Times bestseller. In 2004, Sorkin was the recipient of the Gerald Loeb Award, the highest honor in business journalism. Mr. Sorkin has been named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and New York Magazine described him as “the most famous financial journalist of his generation.”
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The series begins in the fall and runs through spring, with subscriptions available for the 2012-13 season after April 23rd. Priority seating and reservations are available to members of the Cabin. Single tickets for each guest go on sale at least three weeks prior to the scheduled event.
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