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Local man shares how feeling out of place helped him find voice as a writer and father’s acceptance
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IDAHO FALLS – For most of his life, Josh Foster has felt like a fish out of water.
The 41-year-old Ririe man grew up on his parent’s farm, but became interested in writing at an early age. After obtaining a Ph.D. in creative writing, he now owns a publishing company, Foster Literary, with his wife, Georgia, where they’ve released four books between them.
On Father’s Day, Foster released his third book, titled, “The Last Good Snow Hunt.” In it, Foster relates a personal story of attempting to shoot his first elk on a hunting trip with his dad, Boyd Foster.
“At 40, I decided it was finally time I shoot my first elk, which in Idaho, I should’ve done at 12,” Josh tells EastIdahoNews.com.
Josh’s perspective on hunting is one of many examples that illustrate how he felt like a fish out of water. Josh says he often felt out of place growing up because he held a different view of traditional Idaho values than his dad did.
He didn’t hunt as a kid because he “hated inflicting pain on animals.”
“On a cattle ranch, you’re surrounded by death all the time,” Foster explains. “There’s a personality type here that accepts that and moves on. But I took all of that personally.”
The book explores how Foster found an artistic outlet and created his own place on the farm. It’s a love letter to his son, who was born in 2022. It’s significant to him that he became a father for the first time at age 40. That’s part of the reason for the hunting trip he writes about.
“The rest of the book (revolves around) what I want (my son) to know about the hunt, our lifestyle in Idaho, the way I think, the way my fathers taught me to think … my quest for identity and coming to terms with how I’m different,” Foster says.
WATCH SNIPPETS OF OUR INTERVIEW WITH JOSH IN THE VIDEO ABOVE.
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