For Immediate Release Contact: City Art Director Joel Long: joeltlong@yahoo.com Writers Linda Aldrich and Miles Fuller  to read at City Art Salt Lake Public Library Main Branch 210 East 400 South Salt Lake City UT 84111 Wednesday October 10th 7:00—9:00 P.M.                Writers Linda Aldrich and Miles Fuller will read from their works on October 10th at the Salt Lake City Public Library at 7:00 P.M. as part of the City Art Reading Series.    Linda Aldrich grew up in New Hampshire and graduated from the University of New Hampshire, Florida State University (MA Theatre Arts), and Vermont College (MFA/ Poetry).  She was director of the Young Conservatory and a member of the repertory at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, and later was Associate Professor of English and Humanities at Aims Community College in Greeley, Colorado.  Her poetry chapbook, Foothold, was published in 2008, and her full collection, March and Mad Women was published August 2012 by Word Tech (Cherry Grove Collections).  Her poems have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, among them Crazy Woman Creek, Indiana Review, Cimarron Review, Elixir, The Denver Quarterly,Ellipsis, The Florida Review, Poet Lore, Third Coast, Puerto del Sol, Snake Nation Review, The Best of Write Action, and Words and Images.  Her poem “Woman-without-Arms” won the Emily Dickinson Award 2000 from Universities West Press.  She currently lives in Portland, Maine, with her husband David, where she continues to teach and is on the board of trustees for the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance (MWPA). Miles Fuller teaches at Westminster College.  He studied Nonfiction at the University of Iowa.  His poetry and prose have received accolades through the Academy of American Poets, AWP, a Pushcart nomination, Honorable Mention in Best American Essays, and most recently, Fuller won the 2010 Alligator Juniper Essay Prize. His poems and essays have appeared in The Bellingham Review, Quarterly West, The Portland Review, and Ellipsis. In addition, while working as an instructor at the University of Iowa, Miles Fuller’s students named him, “Captain Fuller,” reiterating his position as the saltiest and most nautically-aware writer in American letters.     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.    26   Jesse Parent Jean Howard   October   3   Michael Gills Mike Dorrell       10   Miles Fuller Linda Aldrich   17   Jacqueline Osherow Peter Covino   24   Cathy Wagner Paisley Rekdal   November   7   Shaun Griffin Lance Larsen, Utah’s Poet Laureate     21   Michael Hansen Tim Erickson   December   5   Sian Griffiths Melanie Rae Thon     12   19   Holiday Open     January   9   Hector Ahumada   16   Katharine English         Joel Long