Lance Larsen and Jaqui Larsen will read from their works at on January 17th at 7:00 at the Salt Lake Public Library Main Branch as part of the City Art reading Series. Lance Larsen, who holds a PhD from University of Houston, has published two poetry collections, mostly recently IN ALL THEIR ANIMAL BRILLIANCE, which won the Tampa Review Prize and three other awards. His work has appeared in PARIS REVIEW, NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS, KENYON REVIEW, TLS, SOUTHERN REVIEW, POETYRY DAILY, and elsewhere. He has won several awards, including prizes from Writers at Work, Sewanee, Pushcart, and most recently a 2007 NEA fellowship in Poetry. In 2005 he won the Utah Arts Council essay prize. He teaches at Brigham Young University, where he serves as associate chair. Jacqui Larsen, a painter and collagist, is originally from Syracuse, New York. She has exhibited in several national juried shows across the country, and has received numerous awards, including two Utah Visual Arts Fellowships. Larsen has an MFA from BYU and has taught at both Northwest College in Houston and at Brigham Young University . Her work is represented by David Ericson Fine Art in Salt Lake City. In 2005 her Young Adult novel, SCRAPOLA, won first place in the Utah Arts Council Creative Writing Competition. A previous year, her Middle Grade novel SKYE, IN AND OUT OF TUNE, was awarded an honorable mention. City Art is sponsored by the Utah Arts Council, the Salt Lake City Arts Council, Zoo, Arts, and Parks, and audience donations. The reading will be followed by an open mic reading. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/features_spam.html