Month: November 2017
Review: Angel Olsen – Phases
Angel Olsen = Sharon Van Etten + Nick Drake … read more
Pale Waves @ Kilby Court with The Candescents 11.24
Pale Waves come onstage with a sophisticated air of taut professionalism. “Goth Mum” Barron-Gracie immediately serves her perplexingly dark vibes with smart, delicious bubblegum hooks. … read more
A Story’s Mask: Enter the Inner Workings of Michael Mejia’s...
Tokyo is rewarding and responsible in that its form is all about process and awareness—of readership, authorship and culture. … read more
Review: Dungeons & Dragons: Xanathar’s Guide to Everything
Xanathar’s Guide simply helps to blur the lines a bit and gives a great selection of something I value most at the table: player choice. … read more
Track History, Tell Stories: Michael McLane on Literature, the Environment...
Historically and culturally diverse experiences led McLane to use storytelling and poetry to highlight social justice issues pertaining to “the intersection of human processes and how they’re detrimental to the environment—and to us.” … read more
Jai Hamid Bashir: A Knife Delivers Us from Tenderness
Jai Hamid Bashir is a Pakistani-American teacher, creator and writer based out of Salt Lake City. You can find more of her work and musings at jaihamidbashir.com. … read more
Utah Author Book Reviews: Dreamlives of Debris
“Yet the labyrinth at play in Dreamlives is a special sort: an impossible liquid architecture that bears no center and hence no discernable perimeter.” … read more
Paisley Rekdal: Mapping Literary Utah
Paisley Rekdal, creator of Mapping SLC and Utah’s current Poet Laureate, is in many ways a gatekeeper between literature and gripping relics of time. … read more
Shaping the Future: An Interview with DPS Founder Stephen Drake
Stephan Drake, founder of DPS Skis, realizes the vast potential of the area, and his dedication to building quality, hand-crafted skis exists to this day. … read more
Sound, Symbolism & Meter: Utah Poetry – PoetFlow
In the past two years, many have found in PoetFlow a safe haven: a place to share intimate things in a public setting as a kind of therapy. … read more