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Mountain Words Festival 2026

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9:00am MDT

In-Conversation Megan-Kate Nelson with Ryan Warner Colorado Public Radio Steddy Theater Poets In-Conversation with Michael Hettich and Erica Reid Hawk Studio The Editor is In! Conversation with Rakesh Satyal King Room Re-Enchantment, a Walk with Brooke Williams and Nancy Gex Jones Rumors Coffee and Tea House/ Townie Books

10:15am MDT

The Science of Funny: A Comedy Writing Deep Dive with Shane Mauss Hawk Studio World-building and Setting Through Rap Lyrics Jones Performance Hall Martians! The True Story of an Alien Craze that Captured Turn-of-the-Century America with David Baron and Laura Krantz Steddy Theater NEW Inside the Author-Agent Relationship King Room

11:30am MDT

ON COMICS with Benjamin Percy and Dan McClellan Jones Performance Hall A GUARDIAN AND A THIEF: In-Conversation- Megha Majumdar and Nina McConigley Steddy Theater Megan-Kate Nelson and Garrett Peck on Researching History King Room Generative Poetry Session with Tiana Clark Hawk Studio

1:30pm MDT

Terry Tempest Williams with Ben Goldfarb Steddy Theater

2:45pm MDT

Book Signing in the Atrium #1 Grace Atrium Terry Tempest in Convo with Nina McConigley on Art and Life King Room In-Conversation Hillary Rosner and Ben Goldfarb Steddy Theater It’s a Partnership: The Author/Editor Relationship Jones Performance Hall

4:00pm MDT

Book Signing in the Atrium #2 Grace Atrium Benjamin Percy Fiction THRILL ME King Room Poet Tiana Clark in Conversation with Rajiv Mohabir Steddy Theater Publishing Panel Discussion with Karen Terrey, Terri Lewis, Dane Bahr, Phil Coleman Jones Performance Hall

9:00pm MDT

Stargazing with Garrett Peck OUTDOOR (Near Center for the Arts)