April 5, 2017, 7 pm. Gerda reads from her forthcoming memoir, Memory's Last Breath: Field Notes on My Dementia

Where: Salt Lake City Downtown Library, 210 E 400 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84111

When: April 5, 7:00 pm.

What: Gerda Saunders read from her forthcoming memoir, Jennifer Tonge reads poetry.

Gerda's memoir, Memory’s Last Breath, is coming out June 13, 2017, from Hachette Books.) 

As I anticipate yet another reading in my life that would never have happened without CityArt, I want to give a shout-out to this remarkable Utah grass roots organization “that provides a unique and refreshing forum for the literary arts by bringing together people who are interested in presenting and/or listening to poetry, short stories, memoirs, short plays, multi-media presentations, and other literary forms.” From my perspective, there would be no CityArt without Joel Long. Joel has for many, many years been the intrepid convenor of CityArt readings in Salt Lake City. He received the Mayor’s Artist Award for Literary Arts at the Utah Arts Festival and the Writers Advocate Award from Writers at Work. These are but small tokens of recognition for the countless hours he has spent nurturing and showcasing Utah poets and writers. He is himself an accomplished poet.

To hear Joel read his poem The Fate of the Animals, click here.

Thanks, Joel, for your enthusiasm and unending labor to keep the literary arts fresh in Salt Lake City.