Tag: wordfest literary arts 2019
EDITOR’S NOTE: To read more about some highlights of this year’s Wordfest literary arts program, see the feature about Darius Atefat-Peckham here, Thatcher Elmer here and poetry slams here.
For the 25th year...
The state of poetry as an oral art form in Utah is thriving.
Last year, at national competition, the Salt Lake City Unified team, which took
first prize at the Utah Arts Festival’s slam
contest, finished in fourth place among...
When he was 12, Darius Atefat-Peckham started writing poetry. “I
grew up in poetry and it felt like it had to happen, whether I liked it or not,”
he says in an interview with The Utah Review.
Cowboy poets, a unique tradition in the American West literary
scene, have a sizable presence at this year’s Wordfest literary arts program for
the Utah Arts Festival.
They include well-known veterans including C. R. Wood, from
Delta,...
