ForImmediate Release Contact: City Art Director Joel Long: joeltlong@yahoo.com Eric Blix and Rhett Cooper toread at City Art Salt Lake Public Library Main Branch 210 East 400 South Salt Lake City UT 84111 Wednesday November 1st, 7:00—8:00P.M. AuthorsEric Blix Rhett Cooper will read from their work on Wednesday, November 1st at7:00 p.m. at the Salt Lake City Public Library as part of the City Art ReadingSeries and the Utah Humanities Book Festival. This event is free and open tothe public. Eric Blix’s book, a story collectionentitled Physically Alarming Men, waspublished by Stephen F. Austin State University Press. The stories in thiscollection explore the complications of a present contaminated by the past.Some plots: a trio of fraudsters set up camp outside a northern Minnesota PeatBog hoping to kidnap two brothers said to be gifted with the ability to heal;an emotionally stunted maintenance worker steals his wealthy client's child togo noodling for catfish; a woman abandons her husband on the side of the roadduring a quixotic road trip to his hometown. Originally from northwesternMinnesota, I earned my MFA at Minnesota State University, Mankato. I currentlyreside in Salt Lake City, where I study in the PhD program in creative writingat the University of Utah. Rhett Cooper was born andraised in Fillmore, Utah. He earned a BA in English Teaching from theUniversity of Utah and will be graduating with an MFA in Creative Writing fromthe University of Utah in Spring 2018. Rhett's interest include his family,writing, sex, TV, and superheroes. Rhett is writing a manuscript titled Nothing is Secret, a collection ofstories about gay mormon drug addicts, all of whom are/were probably him, afterwhich he will proceed with his 15-point plan to arouse bi-curiosity insuperlative man Henry Cavill. Mostfeatured readings are followed by an open reading. Theevent is free and open to the public. City Art is sponsored by the Utah Arts Council, the Salt Lake City ArtsCouncil, Zoo, Arts, and Parks, X-mission, and audience donations. Joel Long