Poets Ned Snell and Chris Ames will reading from their poems February 20th at the Salt Lake Public Library, Main Branch at 7:00 P.M. as part of the City Art Reading Series. N. Colwell Snell graduated from the University of Utah with a degree in English. He is immediatge past president of the Utah State Poetry Society and chancellor of the National Federation of State Poetry Societies, where he serves as chair of the College/University Poetry Competition. He edited the 2005 Utah Sings Volume VIII, an anthology of contemporary verse by Utah poets. He was named Utah Poet of the Year for his manuscript Hand Me My Shadow, which also won the 2007 Pearle M. Olsen book award. His poetry has appeared in several anthologies and magazines, including ByLine Magazine, California Quarterly, Bay Area Poets' Coalition, and Weber Studies. Chris Ames was born and raised in Salt Lake, then let loose upon the world. He has spent years in Europe and Asia, working, traveling and learning (and continuing to learn). He currently lives and works in Paris, but has never forgotten his roots as a Utahn. He has published two books of prose in Japan and contributed to countless magazines and anthologies from Beijing to Budapest. His current work, SOME PEOPLE, from which he will read tonight, appeared in Poland in 2005. 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, Xmission, and audience donations. The featured reading will be followed by an open reading. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs