For Immediate Release

Contact:
City Art Director Joel Long: joeltlong@yahoo.com

City Art Presents Simeon Berry and Heather Hirschi

Salt Lake Public Library Main Branch
210 East 400 South
Salt Lake City UT 84111

Wednesday October 5th, 7:00—9:00 P.M.
 
            Writers Simeon Berry and Heather Hirschi will read their work  on October 5th at the Salt Lake City Public Library at 7:00 P.M. as part of the City Art Reading Series. 

Simeon Berry won the 2013 National Poetry Series for his first collection of poetry, Ampersand Revisited (Fence Books), and the 2014 National Poetry Series for his second book of poetry, Monograph (University of Georgia Press).  He has been an Associate Editor for Ploughshares and won a Massachusetts Cultural Council Individual Artist Grant.  He lives in Somerville, Massachusetts.
 
Heather Hirschi is an Assistant Professor in the English Department at the University of Utah where she was awarded the  Excellence in Teaching Award in 2010 and 2012. 
 
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. 
 
 
 
 
 
Joel Long