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City Art High School Night
by CityArt＠thelibrary 15 May '18

15 May '18

For Immediate Release Contact: City Art Director Joel Long: joeltlong(a)yahoo.com Utah High School Writers will Read for City Art Salt Lake Public Library Main Branch 210 East 400 South Salt Lake City UT 84111 Wednesday May 16th 7:00—9:00 p.m. Wednesday May 16thwill be High School Writers Night for the City Art Reading Series. High School writers from all around thevalley will read from the poetry and prose at the Salt Lake Public Library Main Branchat 7:00 P.M. as part of the City Art Reading Series. Some of the schools expected to participateare Rowland Hall, Copper Hills High School, Bountiful High School, Skyline High School, and Waterford amongothers. The event is free and open to thepublic. City Art is sponsored by theUtah Arts Council, the Salt Lake City Arts Council, Zoo, Arts, and Parks,X-mission, and audience donations. Thefeatured reading will be followed by an open reading. Joel Long

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Reminder: Kara van de Graaf and Jesse Parent Wednesday at City Art
by CityArt＠thelibrary 09 May '18

09 May '18

For Immediate Release Contact: City Art Director Joel Long: joeltlong(a)yahoo.com Poet Kara van de Graaf and Jesse Parent at City Art Salt Lake Public Library Main Branch 210 East 400 South Salt Lake City UT 84111 Wednesday May 9th 7:00—9:00 P.M. Poet Karavan de Graaf will read from her work along with a performance by Jesse Parent May9th at the Salt Lake City Public Library at 7:00 P.M. as part of the City ArtReading Series. Kara van de Graaf is the author of Spitting Image, winner of theCrab Orchard First Book Prize in Poetry. Her individual poems appear widely innational literary journals, including The Southern Review, AGNI, NewEngland Review, Crazyhorse, Alaska Quarterly Review, and theanthology Best New Poets. She is co-founder and editor ofLightbox Poetry, an online educational resource for poetry in the classroom.She serves as Assistant Professor of English at Utah Valley University. JesseParent is a two-time runner-up at the Individual World Poetry Slam, a two-timefinalist at the Ill List Invitational Poetry Slam, a finalist at the 2012Ontario International Poetry Slam, and a two-time semi-finalist and group piecefinalist at the National Poetry Slam. He has been on 10 Salt City Slam teams,has served as SlamMaster and coach for Salt City Slam, and serves on theexecutive council for Poetry Slam, Inc. His poetry has been featured on theHuffington Post, UpWorthy, TheBlaze.com, and WorldStarHipHop.com. In hispersonal life, he has a very tolerant wife and three adorable kids. You canfind out more about Jesse at www.JesseParent.com Most featured readings are followed by an open reading. CityArt is sponsored by the Utah Arts Council, the Salt Lake City Arts Council,Catalyst, the Salt Lake City Public Library, Xmission, and the Zoo, Arts, andPark Fund. Joel Long

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