Join Navajo Nation Poet Laureate Lora Tohe, Torrey House Publishing Co-Founder and Publisher Kirsten Allen and Novelist Kase Johnstun for a kinetic evening of “creative tensions,” an interactive format developed at the Sundance Institute.
Host Kase Johnstun will lead participants Laura Tohe and Kirsten Johanna Allen, as well as the audience, through this unique approach to group dialogue. Creative Tensions encourages openness and inspires empathy as we explore topics at the core of what it means to be human.
Kase Johnstun is a novelist and essayist who lives and writes in Ogden, Utah. His novels “Let the Wild Grasses Grow” (October 2021) and “Cast Away” (coming in 2024) are published by Torrey House Press. He teaches at ... view more »
Host Kase Johnstun will lead participants Laura Tohe and Kirsten Johanna Allen, as well as the audience, through this unique approach to group dialogue. Creative Tensions encourages openness and inspires empathy as we explore topics at the core of what it means to be human.
Kase Johnstun is a novelist and essayist who lives and writes in Ogden, Utah. His novels “Let the Wild Grasses Grow” (October 2021) and “Cast Away” (coming in 2024) are published by Torrey House Press. He teaches at the Creative Nonfiction Foundation, the Graduate School in Creative Writing for Southern New Hampshire University, Barton Community College, and Weber State University. Laura Tohe is the Navajo Nation Poet Laureate and an award-winning poet. Her books include “No Parole Today,” “Making Friends with Water,” “Sister Nations,” “Tséyi/Deep in the Rock” and “Code Talker Stories.” Kirsten Johanna Allen is the Publisher and Co-Executive Director of Torrey House Press. Since co-founding THP in 2010, Kirsten has published more than 70 fiction and nonfiction titles and continues to oversee acquisitions, editing, production, and marketing.
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