BY KAREN BOSSICK
Bob Kustra, retired Boise State University president, will discuss “Reading Books in Our Digital World” at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8, at Ketchum’s Community Library.
Kustra hosts “Reader’s Corner on Boise State Public Radio where he interviews authors and discusses issues and ideas that matter today.
He’ll share stories of his interviews, preview a few interviews to come and describe how “Reader’s Corner” is produced and delivered to radio and podcast listeners.
He will also critique the role Amazon plays in the lives of books and their authors. And he’ll recommend books to read by the fireplace.
Born in St. Louis, Mo., Kustra received a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale and a PhD in Political Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
A Republican, he served in both houses of the Illinois General Assembly, resigning from the Senate to become lieutenant governor of Illinois in 1991. He served as president of Boise State University from 2003 to 2018.