Idaho Commission for Libraries

Cheerleaders from Gomorrah: Tales from the Lycra Archipelago (1994), a collection of short stories, catches the rootless lives of ski bums, beautiful young people, and hangers-on in Sun Valley. Wickedly funny, its black humor touches on gender conflict, attempts to communicate, and yearning for meaning in a place many of the characters would describe as paradise.

John Rember, who grew up in the Sawtooth Valley, holds an MFA in fiction from the University of Montana and is currently writer-in-residence at Albertson College of Idaho. He has published a book of stories, Coyote in the Mountains and numerous essays, and has worked as a ski patrolman and ranger.