Literary footnotes

RICHARD L. BUSHMAN, Gouveneur Morris Professor of History Emeritus, Columbia University, and author of "Rough Stone Rolling," a biography of Joseph Smith, will deliver a lecture, "Rough Stone Rolling and the Intellectual Prospects for Mormonism," 1:30-3:30 p.m., as part of the History Lecture Series at Weber State University, Union Building, Ballroom A, Ogden.

AMY IRVINE, author of "Trespass: Living at the Edge of the Promised Land," will discuss her environmental book and sign copies at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Salt Lake City Main Library, 210 E. 400 South.

GINO SKY, cowboy Buddha poet and novelist, will offer an evening of stories and poems at 7 p.m. Friday at Ken Sanders Rare Books, 268 S. 200 East.

BILLY COLLINS, nationally acclaimed poet and author of "The Trouble with Poetry," "Nine Horses" and "Sailing Alone Around the Room," will read from his works at noon Friday at the Joseph Smith Building Auditorium, Room 140, Brigham Young University, Provo.

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