ForImmediate Release Contact: City Art Director Joel Long: joeltlong@yahoo.com City ArtPresents Sandy Anderson and Howard Wilkerson Salt Lake Public Library Main Branch 210 East 400 South Salt Lake City UT 84111 Wednesday May 4th 7:00—9:00 P.M. Writers Sandy Anderson and HowardWilkerson will present their work on May 4th at the Salt Lake CityPublic Library at 7:00 P.M. as part of the City Art Reading Series. SandyAnderson has been involved in organizing and giving poetryreadings and workshops since 1965. Shewas a founding member of Salt Lake Younger Poets in the 1960’s, Word Affair inthe 70’s and 80’s, and City Art in the 90’s. She has been artist in residence at Valley and Alta High School, and hasgiven workshops to groups of disabled, Veterans, and prisoners.. She was the 1997 recipient of the Salt LakeCity Mayor’s Award in Literature, and the 1995 Writers at Work Writing AdvocateAward. She has edited collections of poems by Ken Brewer, Nancy Takacs, andMiriam Murphy, Willie Newbrough, and three collections of poetry by thedisabled. Anderson’schapbook, Jeanne Was Once a Player of Pianos, was published byLimberlost Press in 1998. Her book, Atthe Edge in White Robes, was published by Ghost Planet Press in 1978. She is included in the anthologies Greatand Peculiar Beauty: A Utah Reader, The Trubador Anthology, and TheGreat Salt Lake Anthology. She wasthe editor of the first issue of Wasatch Front, which won first place inthe literary magazine category in the Rocky Mountain Collegiate PressAssociation, and is a former editor of City Art Journal. She has published poems in LimberlostReview, Weber Studies, The Deseret News, Echo Canyon News,Runes, and Lucid Moon. Anderson teaches piano under her married name, Sandy Wilkerson and hasserved as a judging chairman for the Salt Lake Area Chapter of the AmericanMusic Federation since the 1970’s. HowardWilkerson is a writerfrom Salt Lake city. His publications includeSierra Nevada College Review, Open Window, and a host of lesserpublications. His poetry is characterized as fairly short and compact,primarily dealing with experiences of the 1970's decade. He has been active in multiple genres of art -painting and photography, and belongs to the Poor Yorick Studios for the past8 years. His visual work has been exhibited throughout the UnitedStates. Wilkerson retired after 31 years in thedefense industry. Most featuredreadings are followed by an open reading. City Art is sponsored by the UtahArts 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 ArtsCouncil, the Salt Lake City Arts Council, Zoo, Arts, and Parks, X-mission, andaudience donations. Joel Long