Poet Ely Shipley will read from his poems May 7th at 7:00 at the Salt Lake Public Library as part of the City Art Reading Series. Ely Shipley most recently won ÂThe Utah WriterÂs Award in Poetry conducted by The Western Humanities Review and ÂThe Virginia Faulkner Award from Prairie Schooner. His poems also appear in The North American Review, Willow Springs, The Florida Review, Phoebe, The Greensboro Review, HaydenÂs Ferry Review, The Painted Bride Quarterly, Diagram, LTTR and Bloom. He has taught Creative Writing, Literature, Gender Studies at the university level, and frequently facilitates workshops with LGBTQ youth groups. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Creative Writing at the University of Utah. Recently retired from the College of Eastern Utah, Jan Minich had his book The Letters of Silver Dollar published by City Art. He has been published in numerous literary journals. 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. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ