Kimberly Johnson and Steven Tuttle at City Art
Poet Kimberly Johnson and Fiction writer Steven Tuttle will read from their works at the Salt Lake Public Library Main Branch on Wednesday October 15th at 7:00. Stephen Tuttle joined the faculty of Brigham Young University in 2006, the same year he completed his PhD in Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Utah. He teaches courses in creative writing, fiction writing, and American literature. As a writer, he focuses on short fiction, and his stories have appeared in Crazyhorse, Black Warrior Review, The Gettysburg Review, Indiana Review, The Colorado Review, and other venues. Kimberly Johnson's most recent collection of poetry is "A Metaphorical God." She also is author of "Leviathan with a Hook" and translator of an edition of "Georgics" by the ancient Roman poet Virgil. She has published poems and essays in The New Yorker, The Southern Review, Arion, and Studies in Puritan American Spirituality. She has received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, Eisner Prize, Barish Prize, and McKay Prize for Latin Translation. A graduate of the University of Utah, Johnson has master's degrees from Johns Hopkins University and the University of Iowa, and a doctorate from the University of California at Berkeley. She teaches writing at Brigham Young University.. 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. The featured reading will be followed by an open reading.
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