For Immediate Release
Contact:
City Art Director Joel Long: joeltlong@yahoo.com
Craig Dworkin to read and Joshua Payne to play at City Art
Salt Lake Public Library Main Branch
210 East 400 South
Salt Lake City UT 84111
Wednesday January 18 7:00—9:00 P.M.
Poet/writer
Craig Dworkin will read from his work and jazz guitarist Joshua Payne will
perform on January 18th at the Salt Lake City Public Library at 7:00 P.M. as
part of the City Art Reading Series.
Craig Dworkin is the author of five books of
poetry: Motes (2011), The PerverseLibrary (2010), Parse (2008), Strand (2004), and
Dure (2004). He has also edited five collections, including, most recently,
Against Expression: An Anthology of Conceptual Writing (with Kenneth
Goldsmith). He teaches at the University of Utah, where he curates the
on-line archive Eclipse <
http://english.utah.edu/eclipse>..
Joshua Payne is from Alpine,
Utah. He is a street musician and has performed all over downtown Salt
Lake City and in the subway system in New York City. Joshua plays a
custom guitar hand-made by his old best buddy Ryan Thorell.
Check out
some of the Joshua Payne Orchestra:
Most featured readings
are followed by an open reading. City Art is sponsored by the Utah Arts
Council, the Salt Lake City Arts Council, Catalyst,
the Salt Lake City Public Library, Xmission, and the Zoo, Arts, and Park Fund.
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