Every summer (pandemics permitting) some 70,000 people make their way to downtown Salt Lake City for the Utah Arts Festival. On display is art of every kind, from sculpture and painting to music and dance to film and photography and more.
There’s literary art as well, and that’s where I come in. Or go on, if you’d rather.
On Friday, June 24, at 4:00 p.m. I’ll be reading selections from my writings about the 1863 Massacre at Bear River, the bloodiest encounter between the US Army and Indians in the history of the American West. It’s a tragedy largely forgotten and ignored in our collective memory, and that needs to change.
Selections from song lyrics, poetry, short stories, a novel, as well as a nonfiction book and magazine article are on the agenda.
If you’re anywhere near Salt Lake City from June 23 through June 26, be sure to visit the Utah Arts Festival. I’ll be there, and watching for you.
Alas, I won't be anywhere near Salt Lake anytime soon. I hope the reading will go well and be well-visited.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Tanja.
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