Writer David Kranes will read from his new novel at the Salt Lake City Public Library on Wednesday, April 19th at 7:00 P.M. in the downstairs conference room as part of the City Art Reading Series. David Kranes is an emeritus professor of English at the University of Utah. His novels include Keno Runner, The National Tree, The Hunting Years. and Margins; his short story, ÂCordials, won the 1996 Pushcart Prize, followed the next year by Low Tide in the Desert: Nevada Stories, which won the Western Heritage Award for Best Short Story. Two of his plays, Cantrell and Going In, were published in Best American Short Plays, 1987, and Horay won the CBS Playwrights Award. He served for fourteen years as artistic director of the Sundance Playwrights' Lab. 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, and audience donations. The featured reading will be followed by an open reading. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com