For Immediate Release

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

Mike White and Andy Farnsworth to read at City Art

Salt Lake Public Library Main Branch
210 East 400 South
Salt Lake City UT 84111
 
Wednesday December 6th, 7:00—8:00 P.M.
 
Writers Mike White and Andy Farnsworth will read from their work on Wednesday, December 6th at 7:00 p.m. at the Salt Lake City Public Library as part of the City Art Reading Series and the Utah Humanities Book Festival. This event is free and open to the public.
 
Mike White has published two collections of poems.  How to Make a Bird with Two Hands (Word Works, 2012) won the Washington Prize and the just-released Addendum to a Miracle (Waywiser, 2017) was awarded the Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize, with Gjertrud Schnackenberg serving as the contest judge.  His poems have appeared in magazines including Ploughshares, Poetry, FIELD, The New Republic, The Iowa Review, The Threepenny Review, and The Yale Review.  You can also find his work on the Poetry Daily and Verse Daily websites.  He is a graduate of the doctoral program in Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Utah, and a former editor at Quarterly West.  He currently lives in his adopted home, Salt Lake City, and teaches at the University of Utah.  
 
Andy Farnsworth is a comedian, writer, and host of the podcast series “What’s Your Yarn Worth? w/ Andy Farnsworth.” A reviewer once described his performance and writing style as “a fun meltdown” though that has tamed over the years. He earned his MA from Illinois State University and MFA from the University of Utah, where he is a PhD candidate in Literature and Creative writing. During his Vice Presidential fellowship, Carole Maso selected him for the 2010 Scowcroft Prize in fiction. Andy’s published writing can be found in Artifice Magazine, Western Humanities Review, and his comedy in legitimate smatterings across Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, and on the web at whatsyouryarnworth.com. You can also catch his standup at the Urban Lounge on January 5.
 
 
Most featured readings are followed by an open reading.
 
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