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READ LOCAL SUNDAY is your glimpse into the working minds and hearts of Utah’s literary writers. 15 Bytes regularly offers works-in-progress and/or recently published work by some of the state’s most celebrated and promising writers of fiction, poetry, literary nonfiction and memoir. Today we feature the work of […]
READ LOCAL SUNDAY is your glimpse into the working minds and hearts of Utah’s literary writers. 15 Bytes regularly offers works-in-progress and/or recently published work by some of the state’s most celebrated and promising writers of fiction, poetry, literary nonfiction and memoir. Today, we feature Salt Lake City-based Michael […]
The 1-5-B, Episode 5: READ LOCAL with Larry Menlove and Jennifer Sinor On Thursday, June 29, Utah writers Larry Menlove and Jennifer Sinor came to Salt Lake City’s Finch Lane Gallery as part of READ LOCAL, a collaboration between Salt Lake City Arts Council and 15 Bytes, with […]
Reviewed by Cheryl C. Pace Thin Spines of Memory seems to me to be less an autobiographical work than a poetic discourse on the role of the past and recollection in every human life, any human life. Hers as author. Yours and mine as readers. And to the […]
In anticipation of the next installment of our READ LOCAL series, David Pace talks with Larry Menlove about grit-lit, the place of armadillos in fiction, and what happens in Utah during the gloaming.
READ LOCAL SUNDAY is your glimpse into the working minds and hearts of Utah’s literary writers. 15 Bytes regularly offers works-in-progress and/or recently published work by some of the state’s most celebrated and promising writers of fiction, poetry, literary nonfiction and memoir. Today, we feature Provo-based Tamara Pace […]
READ LOCAL SUNDAY is your glimpse into the working minds and hearts of Utah’s literary writers. 15 Bytes regularly offers works-in-progress and/or recently published work by some of the state’s most celebrated and promising writers of fiction, poetry, literary nonfiction and memoir. Today we feature Ogden-based Kase Johnstun […]
Just as visitors and residents find a rich array of amusement in Utah’s wildlife, scenery and outdoor adventures, the literary journal saltfront (Issue 5, 2017) provides readers with an equally diverse and captivating experience. From the redrocks of Zions to the grandiose Rocky Mountains, each entry paints clearly the cacophony […]
READ LOCAL SUNDAY is your glimpse into the working minds and hearts of Utah’s literary writers. 15 Bytes regularly offers works-in-progress and/or recently published work by some of the state’s most celebrated and promising writers of fiction, poetry, literary nonfiction and memoir. Today we present Salt Lake City-based […]
Paisley Rekdal, winner of the inaugural 15 Bytes Book Award in poetry (2013), and professor of English at the University of Utah, has been named the new Utah Poet Laureate by the Utah Division of Arts & Museums. The Utah Poet Laureate, established in 1997, is a governor-appointed […]
In his introduction to The Best American Short Stories 2016, editor Junot Diaz praises the form of the short story for mimicking the fleeting nature of life. He says, “To me this form captures better than any other what it is to be human—the brevity of our moments, […]
“What I find amazing is how many people just happen upon an open mic and just happen to have a poem they can read,” says Marianne Hales Harding, co-founder of Provo Poetry. “In the past few years, especially, there have been more and more opportunities for writers to […]
