For Immediate Release

Contact:
City Art Director Joel Long: joeltlong@yahoo.com

City Art Presents Poet Dave Nielsen

Salt Lake Public Library Main Branch
210 East 400 South
Salt Lake City UT 84111

Wednesday November 6th, 7:00—9:00 P.M.
 
            Poet Dave Nielsen will read from his work on Wednesday, November 6th at the Salt Lake City Public Library at 7:00 P.M. as part of the City Art Reading Series. 

Dave Nielsen’s manuscript, Unfinished Figures, recently won the Blue Lynx Prize and was published in September.  His poems have appeared in Ploughshares, The Southern Review, North American Review, The Cortland Review, Parnassus, Cutbank, and elsewhere.  He holds a PhD from the University of Cincinnati and has taught at several colleges and universities, including Xavier University, Northern Kentucky University, and University of Cincinnati. He lives in Salt Lake City.
 
Most featured readings are followed by an open reading. City Art 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, and Park Fund.
 
The event is free and open to the public.  City Art is sponsored by the Utah Arts Council, the Salt Lake City Arts Council, Zoo, Arts, and Parks, X-mission, and audience donations. 
 
 
 
 
 
Joel Long