Writer Barbara Duffey will read from her work and musicians Harold Carr and Geoff Miller will play original jazz at the Salt Lake Public Library Main Branch at 7:00 P.M. on Wednesday, January 20th as part of the City Art Reading Series. Barbara Duffey is a Ph.D. student in Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Utah. Her poems have appeared in such publications as Indiana Review, American Letters & Commentary, Best New Poets 2009, and Prairie Schooner. A summa cum laude graduate of the University of Southern California, she has worked as a telephone operator, an SAT math tutor, a paralegal, a volunteer on an archeological dig, a reading instructor for preschoolers to adults, and an instructor for Writers in the Schools. She coordinates the Agha Shahid Ali Prize at the University of Utah Press and lives in Salt Lake City with her husband, one dog, and two cats. Harold Carr (acoustic and electric bass) has performed and recorded with numerous artists such as Bobby McFerrin, Crystal Gayle, Lightnin' Hopkins, John McCuen, Steve Lacy, Catie Curtis and Matt Flinner. He has published three books of poetry: Wekwomteks, Being Time and Where You Were. Harold has been a musician/poet-in-residence at the Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada, guest soloist at the Frutillar Music Festival in Chile, composer/soloist with the Guangdong Modern Dance Company in Guang Zhou, China, invited poet for the Utah State Governor and commissioned composer/performer at New Music America. He has worked with the Windolls Theatre of Images in Colombia, Hong Kong, San Francisco and Seattle. He has been a member of a number of popular Utah-based bands such as The Cowdaddies, The Jarman/Kingston Quartet, Amnesia and Wood. He currently works with blue haiku, Red Rock Rondo, and the John Flanders trio. As a performer, Geoff is grateful for the opportunities he has had to play with such Jazz luminaries as Steve Lacy, Mulgrew Miller, Bob Brookmeyer, Brian Bromberg, and Gregory Hutchinson, among many others. Geoffrey currently performs with groups such as the Daniel Day Trio, Greg Floor Quartet, Slajo, The John Flanders Trio, The Chisolm Bros., Utah Symphony, and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Also a composer, Professor Miller has written pieces for Big Band, Woodwind Trio, and Guitar Ensemble. He has also composed over fifty Jazz pieces. As an undergraduate at the University of Utah, Geoffrey Miller won the prestigious Lionel Hampton award for Outstanding Jazz Soloist. He earned his Bachelor of Music degree ('96) from the University of Utah. After his graduation from the University, he was honored to join the faculty. In 2001, Geoffrey moved to Boston to study at the New England Conservatory of Music, where he earned his Masters in Jazz Studies. At the Conservatory, Geoff was mentored by great Jazz artists such as Steve Lacy, Jerry Bergonzi, George Garzone, Bob Brookmeyer, Cecil McBee, and Alan Chase. 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. The featured reading will be followed by an open reading.