Guest Writers Series

The Salt Lake City Arts Council co-sponsors the Guest Writers Series (GWS) with the University of Utah Department of English and Creative Writing Program. A monthly series, scheduled on Thursday evenings, brings in contemporary writers from across the county. The public readings at the Art Barn, 54 Finch Lane, are free and followed by a reception for meeting the writers. On the Friday following each reading, the authors participate in a public, informal lunchtime conversation from noon to 1:30 pm, also at the Art Barn. Call 801.596.5000 for details.

Upcoming Readings

2011-2012 Guest Writer Series Schedule

2011-2012 Guest Writer Series Writers' Bios & Publications

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Wednesday, February 15

Prose Writer & Poet, Jenny Boully
Finch Lane Gallery - Art Barn
7:00 p.m.

Jenny Boully was born in 1976 in Korat, Thailand, and was raised in Texas. She graduated from Hollins University and received her MFA at the University of Notre Dame. She has a PhD in English at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Her books include One Love and Book of Beginnings and Endings. Her work has been anthologized in The Next American Essay, The Best American Poetry, Great American Prose Poetry: From Poe to Present and The Body. Canadian poet Christian Bök describes Boully's groundbreaking text as one that "may simply annotate a fantastic biography from another reality, referring only to itself as a kind of dream within a dream." She teaches poetry and nonfiction writing at Columbia College Chicago.

 

2011-2012 GWS Readings
The readings begin at 7:00 p.m. followed by a reception for the authors. A lunchtime conversation is scheduled the next day at the Art Barn from noon to 1:00 p.m. all events are free and open to the public. For more information, call 801.596.5000
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Dana Levin, poet	Finch Lane Gallery, Art Barn 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
W.S. Merwin, poet	City Main Library Auditorium 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Danzy Senna, prose writer    Robert Glick, prose writer	Finch Lane Gallery, Art Barn 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Wayne Koestenbaum, poet & critic    Deb Olin Unferth, prose writer	Finch Lane Gallery, Art Barn 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Jenny Boully, prose writer & poet	Finch Lane Gallery, Art Barn 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Jennifer Perrine, poet    Anne Winters, poet	Finch Lane Gallery, Art Barn 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Laird Hunt, prose writer    Ishion Hutchinson, poet	Finch Lane Gallery, Art Barn 7:00 p.m.

Looking Back

Click here for the 2010-2011 Guest Writers Series Schedule

Click here for the 2010-2011 Guest Writers Series Writers' Bios & Publications